Debian DLA-1233-1 : gifsicle security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 105660

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there was a use-after-free vulnerability in gifsicle, a command-line tool for manipulating GIF images.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this issue has been fixed in gifsicle version 1.67-1.1~deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your gifsicle packages.

(Thanks to Herbert Parentes Fortes Neto for his help in preparing this update.)

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 gifsicle package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 105660

File Name: debian_DLA-1233.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/9/2018

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000421

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