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Debian DSA-1890-1 : wxwindows2.4 wxwidgets2.6 wxwidgets2.8 - integer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 44755

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Synopsis

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

Description

Tielei Wang has discovered an integer overflow in wxWidgets, the wxWidgets Cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit, which allows the execution of arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG file.

Solution

Upgrade the wxwidgets packages.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.5.1.1+etch1 for wxwindows2.4 and version 2.6.3.2.1.5+etch1 for wxwidgets2.6.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.3.2.2-3+lenny1 for wxwidgets2.6 and version 2.8.7.1-1.1+lenny1 for wxwidgets2.8.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1890

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 44755

File Name: debian_DSA-1890.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/24/2010

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wxwidgets2.8, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wxwindows2.4, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wxwidgets2.6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/19/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2369

BID: 35552

CWE: 189

DSA: 1890