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Debian DLA-434-1 : gtk+2.0 security update
medium Nessus Plugin ID 88995
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
Gustavo Grieco discovered different security issues in Gtk+2.0's gdk-pixbuf.CVE-2015-4491
Heap overflow when processing BMP images which may allow to execute of arbitrary code via malformed images.
CVE-2015-7673
Heap overflow when processing TGA images which may allow execute arbitrary code or denial of service (process crash) via malformed images.
CVE-2015-7674
Integer overflow when processing GIF images which may allow to execute arbitrary code or denial of service (process crash) via malformed image.
For Debian 6 'Squeeze', these issues have been fixed in gtk+2.0 version 2.20.1-2+deb6u2. We recommend you to upgrade your gtk+2.0 packages.
Learn more about the Debian Long Term Support (LTS) Project and how to apply these updates at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/
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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/02/msg00026.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 88995
File Name: debian_DLA-434.nasl
Version: 2.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 2/29/2016
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: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgail-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgtk2.0-0-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gtk2-engines-pixbuf, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgtk2.0-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgtk2.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgtk2.0-0-udeb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgtk2.0-0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgtk2.0-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgail-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgail-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgail18, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gtk2.0-examples, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgtk2.0-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgail-dbg
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2016