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Debian DLA-27-1 : file security update
medium Nessus Plugin ID 82175
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
Fix various denial of service attacks :CVE-2014-3487
The cdf_read_property_info function does not properly validate a stream offset, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted CDF file.
CVE-2014-3480
The cdf_count_chain function in cdf.c in does not properly validate sector-count data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted CDF file.
CVE-2014-3479
The cdf_check_stream_offset function in cdf.c relies on incorrect sector-size data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted stream offset in a CDF file.
CVE-2014-3478
Buffer overflow in the mconvert function in softmagic.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted Pascal string in a FILE_PSTRING conversion.
CVE-2014-0238
The cdf_read_property_info function in cdf.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop or out-of-bounds memory access) via a vector that (1) has zero length or (2) is too long.
CVE-2014-0237
The cdf_unpack_summary_info function in cdf.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (performance degradation) by triggering many file_printf calls.
CVE-2014-0207
The cdf_read_short_sector function in cdf.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted CDF file.
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 packages.See Also
https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze-lts/file
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2014/07/msg00013.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 82175
File Name: debian_DLA-27.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 3/26/2015
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmagic1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:file, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmagic-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-magic-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-magic
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/31/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-0207, CVE-2014-0237, CVE-2014-0238, CVE-2014-3478, CVE-2014-3479, CVE-2014-3480, CVE-2014-3487