Debian DSA-3392-1 : freeimage - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 86727

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Synopsis

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

Description

Pengsu Cheng discovered that FreeImage, a library for graphic image formats, contained multiple integer underflows that could lead to a denial of service: remote attackers were able to trigger a crash by supplying a specially crafted image.

Solution

Upgrade the freeimage packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 3.15.1-1.1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.15.4-4.2.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 86727

File Name: debian_DSA-3392.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/5/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freeimage, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0852

DSA: 3392

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