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Debian DLA-3570-1 : libwebp - LTS security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 181562

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3570 advisory.

 - Heap buffer overflow in WebP in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.187 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical) (CVE-2023-4863)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the libwebp packages.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.1-2+deb10u3.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libwebp

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3570

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4863

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/libwebp

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181562

File Name: debian_DLA-3570.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/18/2023

Updated: 10/2/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-4863

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebp6, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebp-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebpmux3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:webp, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwebpdemux2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/18/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4863