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Debian DLA-1054-1 : libgxps security update

🗓️ 14 Aug 2017 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Debian security update for libgxps, fixing NULL pointer dereference vulnerabilit

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-1054-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(102439);
  script_version("3.8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/12/02");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-11590");

  script_name(english:"Debian DLA-1054-1 : libgxps security update");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"It was discovered that there was a NULL pointer dereference in
libgxps, a library to handle XML Paper Specification specifications.

Specially crafted input could lead to a remote denial of service
attack.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this issue has been fixed in libgxps version
0.2.2-2+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libgxps packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description
block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted
to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without
introducing additional issues.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/08/msg00006.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/libgxps");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-11590");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/08/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/08/14");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-gxps-0.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgxps-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgxps-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgxps-utils");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgxps2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"gir1.2-gxps-0.1", reference:"0.2.2-2+deb7u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libgxps-dev", reference:"0.2.2-2+deb7u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libgxps-doc", reference:"0.2.2-2+deb7u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libgxps-utils", reference:"0.2.2-2+deb7u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libgxps2", reference:"0.2.2-2+deb7u1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

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02 Dec 2025 00:00Current
7.1High risk
Vulners AI Score7.1
CVSS 24.3
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