Debian DSA-2823-1 : pixman - integer underflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 71528

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Synopsis

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

Description

Bryan Quigley discovered an integer underflow in Pixman which could lead to denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the pixman packages.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.16.4-1+deb6u1.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 0.26.0-4+deb7u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 71528

File Name: debian_DSA-2823.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/19/2013

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:pixman, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, 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: 12/18/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6425

BID: 64122

DSA: 2823

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