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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704593
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4593-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'freeimage' package(s) announced via the DSA-4593-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'freeimage' package(s) announced via the DSA-4593-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was found that freeimage, a graphics library, was affected by the following two security issues:

CVE-2019-12211

Heap buffer overflow caused by invalid memcpy in PluginTIFF. This flaw might be leveraged by remote attackers to trigger denial of service or any other unspecified impact via crafted TIFF data.

CVE-2019-12213

Stack exhaustion caused by unwanted recursion in PluginTIFF. This flaw might be leveraged by remote attackers to trigger denial of service via crafted TIFF data.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 3.17.0+ds1-5+deb9u1.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 3.18.0+ds2-1+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your freeimage packages.

For the detailed security status of freeimage please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'freeimage' package(s) on Debian 9, Debian 10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-12211
Bugtraq: 20191229 [SECURITY] [DSA 4593-1] freeimage security update (Google Search)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/45
Debian Security Information: DSA-4593 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4593
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PUWVVP67FYM4GMWD7TPQ7C7JPPRUZHYE/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VZ7KBYPPNRMX7RRWVJSX4T63E3TFB6TG/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-02
https://sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/discussion/36111/thread/e06734bed5/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00012.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4529-1/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-12213
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