Debian DLA-1054-1 : libgxps security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 102439

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there was a NULL pointer dereference in libgxps, a library to handle XML Paper Specification specifications.

Specially crafted input could lead to a remote denial of service attack.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this issue has been fixed in libgxps version 0.2.2-2+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libgxps 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 102439

File Name: debian_DLA-1054.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/14/2017

Updated: 12/2/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-11590

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgxps-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgxps-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgxps-utils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgxps2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-gxps-0.1

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11590

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