Detections
Analytics
Fedora 9 : giflib-4.1.3-10.fc9 (2009-5118)
high Nessus Plugin ID 38812
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
- CVE-2005-2974: NULL pointer dereference crash (#494826)- CVE-2005-3350: Memory corruption via a crafted GIF (#494823) - Solved multilib problems with documentation (#465208, #474538) - Removed static library from giflib-devel package (#225796 #c1)
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected giflib package.See Also
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494823
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 38812
File Name: fedora_2009-5118.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 5/19/2009
Updated: 1/11/2021
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
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:9, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:giflib
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/19/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2005-2974, CVE-2005-3350
FEDORA: 2009-5118