Debian DSA-3772-1 : libxpm - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 96819

Synopsis

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

Description

Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that the libXpm library contained two integer overflow flaws, leading to a heap out-of-bounds write, while parsing XPM extensions in a file. An attacker can provide a specially crafted XPM file that, when processed by an application using the libXpm library, would cause a denial-of-service against the application, or potentially, the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

Solution

Upgrade the libxpm packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1:3.5.12-0+deb8u1. This update is based on a new upstream version of libxpm including additional bug fixes.

See Also

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3772

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 96819

File Name: debian_DSA-3772.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/27/2017

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: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:libxpm

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/26/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10164

DSA: 3772