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Debian DSA-1672-1 : imlib2 - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 34973

Synopsis

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

Description

Julien Danjou and Peter De Wachter discovered that a buffer overflow in the XPM loader of Imlib2, a powerful image loading and rendering library, might lead to arbitrary code execution.

Solution

Upgrade the imlib2 packages.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2.

For the upcoming stable distribution (lenny) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.0-1.2.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505714

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1672

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 34973

File Name: debian_DSA-1672.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/1/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:imlib2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/29/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5187

BID: 32371

CWE: 119

DSA: 1672