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Debian DSA-3173-1 : libgtk2-perl - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 81527

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that libgtk2-perl, a Perl interface to the 2.x series of the Gimp Toolkit library, incorrectly frees memory which GTK+ still holds onto and might access later, leading to denial of service (application crash) or, potentially, to arbitrary code execution.

Solution

Upgrade the libgtk2-perl packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.244-1+deb7u1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.2492-4.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/libgtk2-perl

https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3173

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 81527

File Name: debian_DSA-3173.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/26/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgtk2-perl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/25/2015

Reference Information

DSA: 3173