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GLSA-201708-09 : AutoTrace: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 102798

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201708-09 (AutoTrace: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Heap-based buffer overflows have been discovered in the pstoedit_suffix_table_init and pnm_load_rawpbm functions of AutoTrace.
 Impact :

 Remote attackers, by enticing a user to process a crafted bmp image file, could cause a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

Gentoo has discontinued support for AutoTrace. We recommend that users unmerge AutoTrace:
 # emerge --unmerge 'media-gfx/autotrace'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-09

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 102798

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201708-09.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Published: 8/28/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:autotrace, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/26/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7392, CVE-2017-9153

GLSA: 201708-09