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Debian DSA-5579-1 : freeimage - security update
high Nessus Plugin ID 187051
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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-5579 advisory.Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in FreeImage, a support library for graphics image formats, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code if malformed image files are processed. For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 3.18.0+ds2-6+deb11u1. For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 3.18.0+ds2-9+deb12u1. We recommend that you upgrade your freeimage packages. For the detailed security status of freeimage please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/freeimage
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security 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 freeimage packages.For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 3.18.0+ds2-9+deb12u1.
See Also
https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/freeimage
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/freeimage
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5579
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-21427
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 187051
File Name: debian_DSA-5579.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 12/18/2023
Updated: 1/24/2025
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 5.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-21428
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libfreeimageplus-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freeimage, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libfreeimage3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libfreeimage-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libfreeimageplus3, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libfreeimageplus-dev
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: 12/17/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2023