Debian DSA-1717-1 : devil - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 35612

Synopsis

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

Description

Stefan Cornelius discovered a buffer overflow in devil, a cross-platform image loading and manipulation toolkit, which could be triggered via a crafted Radiance RGBE file. This could potentially lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the devil package.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.7-5+etch1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 35612

File Name: debian_DSA-1717.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/9/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

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:4.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:devil

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/5/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5262

CWE: 119

DSA: 1717

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