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Debian DLA-253-1 : libwmf security update
medium Nessus Plugin ID 84407
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
The following vulnerabilities were discovered in the Windows Metafile conversion library when reading BMP images embedded into WMF files :CVE-2015-0848
A heap overflow when decoding embedded BMP images that don't use 8 bits per pixel. CVE-2015-4588
A missing check in the RLE decoding of embedded BMP images.
We recommend that you update your libwmf packages.
NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Upgrade the affected packages.See Also
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2015/06/msg00020.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 84407
File Name: debian_DLA-253.nasl
Version: 2.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 6/26/2015
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
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
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwmf-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwmf-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwmf-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwmf0.2-7, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/26/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-0848, CVE-2015-4588