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Fedora 38 : freeimage / mingw-freeimage (2023-a8b26b910d)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180513

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 38 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-a8b26b910d advisory.

 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FreeImage_Load function in FreeImage Library 3.19.0(r1828) allows attackers to cuase a denial of service via crafted PFM file. (CVE-2020-22524)

 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function C_IStream::read in PluginEXR.cpp in FreeImage 3.18.0 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code and cause other impacts via crafted image file. (CVE-2020-21426)

 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function LoadPixelDataRLE8 in PluginBMP.cpp in FreeImage 3.18.0 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code and cause other impacts via crafted image file. (CVE-2020-21427)

 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function LoadRGB in PluginDDS.cpp in FreeImage 3.18.0 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code and cause other impacts via crafted image file. (CVE-2020-21428)

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

Solution

Update the affected freeimage and / or mingw-freeimage packages.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-a8b26b910d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180513

File Name: fedora_2023-a8b26b910d.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/6/2023

Updated: 9/25/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-21428

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:freeimage, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:38, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mingw-freeimage

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/28/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-21426, CVE-2020-21427, CVE-2020-21428, CVE-2020-22524