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GLSA-200605-14 : libextractor: Two heap-based buffer overflows

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21578

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200605-14 (libextractor: Two heap-based buffer overflows)

 Luigi Auriemma has found two heap-based buffer overflows in libextractor 0.5.13 and earlier: one of them occurs in the asf_read_header function in the ASF plugin, and the other occurs in the parse_trak_atom function in the Qt plugin.
 Impact :

 By enticing a user to open a malformed file using an application that employs libextractor and its ASF or Qt plugins, an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the application running the affected library.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All libextractor users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/libextractor-0.5.14'

See Also

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/libextho-adv.txt

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200605-14

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21578

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200605-14.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 5/22/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libextractor, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2458

GLSA: 200605-14