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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : CImg vulnerabilities (USN-4039-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183600

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4039-1 advisory.

 - An issue was discovered in CImg v.220. DoS occurs when loading a crafted bmp image that triggers an allocation failure in load_bmp in CImg.h. (CVE-2018-7587)

 - An issue was discovered in CImg v.220. A heap-based buffer over-read in load_bmp in CImg.h occurs when loading a crafted bmp image. (CVE-2018-7588)

 - An issue was discovered in CImg v.220. A double free in load_bmp in CImg.h occurs when loading a crafted bmp image. (CVE-2018-7589)

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 cimg-dev and / or cimg-examples packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4039-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183600

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4039-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2023

Updated: 10/20/2023

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-2018-7589

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: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:cimg-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:cimg-examples

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: 6/26/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-7587, CVE-2018-7588, CVE-2018-7589

USN: 4039-1