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Debian DSA-4361-1 : libextractor - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 119943

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Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in libextractor, a library to extract arbitrary meta-data from files, which may lead to denial of service or memory disclosure if a malformed OLE file is processed.

Solution

Upgrade the libextractor packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1:1.3-4+deb9u3.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?bd14df80

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/libextractor

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4361

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 119943

File Name: debian_DSA-4361.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/31/2018

Updated: 3/23/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libextractor, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/28/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/24/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20430, CVE-2018-20431

DSA: 4361