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Debian DSA-1796-1 : libwmf - pointer use-after-free

high Nessus Plugin ID 38704

Synopsis

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

Description

Tavis Ormandy discovered that the embedded GD library copy in libwmf, a library to parse windows metafiles (WMF), makes use of a pointer after it was already freed. An attacker using a crafted WMF file can cause a denial of service or possibly the execute arbitrary code via applications using this library.

Solution

Upgrade the libwmf packages.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.8.4-2+etch1.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.8.4-6+lenny1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=526434

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1796

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 38704

File Name: debian_DSA-1796.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/8/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwmf, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1364

BID: 34792

CWE: 399

DSA: 1796