Debian DLA-161-1 : libgtk2-perl security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 82145

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that libgtk2-perl, a Perl interface to the 2.x series of the Gimp Toolkit library, incorrectly frees memory which GTK+ still holds onto and might access later, leading to denial of service (application crash) or, potentially, to arbitrary code execution.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected libgtk2-perl, and libgtk2-perl-doc packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 82145

File Name: debian_DLA-161.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/26/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgtk2-perl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgtk2-perl-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2015

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