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Debian DSA-890-1 : libungif4 - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 22756

Synopsis

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

Description

Chris Evans discovered several security related problems in libungif4, a shared library for GIF images. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities :

 - CVE-2005-2974 NULL pointer dereference, that could cause a denial of service.

 - CVE-2005-3350 Out of bounds memory access that could cause a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the libungif4 packages.

For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 4.1.0b1-2woody1.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 4.1.3-2sarge1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=337972

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-890

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22756

File Name: debian_DSA-890.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libungif4, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/4/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2974, CVE-2005-3350

DSA: 890