Debian DLA-332-1 : optipng security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 86553

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Gustavo Grieco discovered a use-after-free causing an invalid/double free in optipng 0.6.4.

For Debian 6 Squeeze, this issue has been fixed in optipng version 0.6.4-1+deb6u11.

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 optipng package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 86553

File Name: debian_DLA-332.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/23/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:optipng, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7801

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