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CentOS 7 : icoutils (CESA-2017:0837)

high Nessus Plugin ID 99040

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

An update for icoutils is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The icoutils are a set of programs for extracting and converting images in Microsoft Windows icon and cursor files. These files usually have the extension .ico or .cur, but they can also be embedded in executables or libraries.

Security Fix(es) :

* Multiple vulnerabilities were found in icoutils, in the wrestool program. An attacker could create a crafted executable that, when read by wrestool, could result in memory corruption leading to a crash or potential code execution. (CVE-2017-5208, CVE-2017-5333, CVE-2017-6009)

* A vulnerability was found in icoutils, in the wrestool program. An attacker could create a crafted executable that, when read by wrestool, could result in failure to allocate memory or an over-large memcpy operation, leading to a crash. (CVE-2017-5332)

* Multiple vulnerabilities were found in icoutils, in the icotool program. An attacker could create a crafted ICO or CUR file that, when read by icotool, could result in memory corruption leading to a crash or potential code execution. (CVE-2017-6010, CVE-2017-6011)

Solution

Update the affected icoutils package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?3105877f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 99040

File Name: centos_RHSA-2017-0837.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/30/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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 Score Source: CVE-2017-5208

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: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:icoutils

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/29/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5208, CVE-2017-5332, CVE-2017-5333, CVE-2017-6009, CVE-2017-6010, CVE-2017-6011

RHSA: 2017:0837