Debian DSA-5516-1 : libxpm - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 182647

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5516 advisory.

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

Solution

Upgrade the libxpm packages.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 1

See Also

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5516

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-43788

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-43789

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/libxpm

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/libxpm

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 182647

File Name: debian_DSA-5516.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/5/2023

Updated: 10/23/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-43789

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xpmutils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxpm4, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxpm-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/5/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-43788, CVE-2023-43789