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GLSA-202401-28 : GOCR: Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 189403
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Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202401-28 (GOCR: Multiple Vulnerabilities)- A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in gocr through 0.53-20200802 in measure_pitch() in pgm2asc.c. (CVE-2021-33479)
- An use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in gocr through 0.53-20200802 in context_correction() in pgm2asc.c. (CVE-2021-33480)
- A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in gocr through 0.53-20200802 in try_to_divide_boxes() in pgm2asc.c. (CVE-2021-33481)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Gentoo has discontinued support for GOCR. We recommend that users unmerge it:# emerge --ask --depclean app-text/gocr
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 189403
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202401-28.nasl
Version: 1.0
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 1/24/2024
Updated: 1/24/2024
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-33481
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:gentoo:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/17/2021