Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 / 5.10 : libungif4 vulnerabilities (USN-214-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 20632

Synopsis

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

Description

Chris Evans discovered several buffer overflows in the libungif library. By tricking an user (or automated system) into processing a specially crafted GIF image, this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the application using libungif.

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Solution

Update the affected libungif-bin, libungif4-dev and / or libungif4g packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20632

File Name: ubuntu_USN-214-1.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 1/15/2006

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libungif-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libungif4-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libungif4g, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2974, CVE-2005-3350

BID: 15299, 15304

USN: 214-1

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