Debian DSA-1912-1 : camlimages - integer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 44777

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that CamlImages, an open source image processing library, suffers from several integer overflows, which may lead to a potentially exploitable heap overflow and result in arbitrary code execution. This advisory addresses issues with the reading of TIFF files. It also expands the patch for CVE-2009-2660 to cover another potential overflow in the processing of JPEG images.

Solution

Upgrade the camlimages package.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.20-8+etch3.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1:2.2.0-4+lenny3.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 44777

File Name: debian_DSA-1912.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/24/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:camlimages, 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: 10/16/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2660, CVE-2009-3296

BID: 36713

CWE: 189

DSA: 1912

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