Debian DSA-3692-1 : freeimage - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 94056

Synopsis

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

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the FreeImage multimedia library, which might result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed XMP or RAW image is processed.

Solution

Upgrade the freeimage packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 3.15.4-4.2+deb8u1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/freeimage

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3692

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94056

File Name: debian_DSA-3692.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freeimage

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3885, CVE-2016-5684

DSA: 3692