FreeBSD : Imlib2 -- multiple image file processing vulnerabilities (92442c4b-6f4a-11db-bd28-0012f06707f0)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 23665

Synopsis

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

Description

Secunia reports :

Some vulnerabilities have been reported in imlib2, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise an application using the library.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to unspecified errors within the processing of JPG, ARGB, PNG, LBM, PNM, TIFF, and TGA images. This may be exploited to execute arbitrary code by e.g. tricking a user into opening a specially crafted image file with an application using imlib2.

Solution

Update the affected package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 23665

File Name: freebsd_pkg_92442c4b6f4a11dbbd280012f06707f0.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 11/20/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:imlib2, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4806, CVE-2006-4807, CVE-2006-4808, CVE-2006-4809

BID: 20903

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