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Debian DSA-1081-1 : libextractor - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22623

Synopsis

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

Description

Luigi Auriemma discovered a buffer overflow in the processing of ASF files in libextractor, a library to extract arbitrary meta-data from files, which can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the libextractor packages.

The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.2-2sarge5.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1081

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22623

File Name: debian_DSA-1081.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libextractor, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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: 5/29/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2458

BID: 18021

DSA: 1081