CentOS 5 : giflib (CESA-2009:0444)

high Nessus Plugin ID 43744

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated giflib packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The giflib packages contain a shared library of functions for loading and saving GIF image files. This library is API and ABI compatible with libungif, the library that supported uncompressed GIF image files while the Unisys LZW patent was in effect.

Several flaws were discovered in the way giflib decodes GIF images. An attacker could create a carefully crafted GIF image that could cause an application using giflib to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when opened by a victim. (CVE-2005-2974, CVE-2005-3350)

All users of giflib are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. All running applications using giflib must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected giflib packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 43744

File Name: centos_RHSA-2009-0444.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 1/6/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:giflib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:giflib-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:giflib-utils, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/23/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2974, CVE-2005-3350

BID: 15299, 15304

RHSA: 2009:0444

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