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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : GDK-PixBuf vulnerability (USN-5607-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 165011

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5607-1 advisory.

 - GNOME gdk-pixbuf 2.42.6 is vulnerable to a heap-buffer overflow vulnerability when decoding the lzw compressed stream of image data in GIF files with lzw minimum code size equals to 12. (CVE-2021-44648)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5607-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 165011

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5607-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/13/2022

Updated: 7/12/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-44648

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gdk-pixbuf-tests, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/12/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-44648

USN: 5607-1