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GLSA-201611-20 : TestDisk: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

medium Nessus Plugin ID 95271

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201611-20 (TestDisk: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code)

 A buffer overflow can be triggered within TestDisk when a malicious disk image is attempting to be recovered.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could coerce the victim to run TestDisk against their malicious image. This may be leveraged by an attacker to crash TestDisk and gain control of program execution.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All TestDisk users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-admin/testdisk-7.0-r2'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?70f409e8

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-20

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 95271

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201611-20.nasl

Version: 3.2

Type: local

Published: 11/23/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:testdisk, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2016

Reference Information

GLSA: 201611-20