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Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3173-1)

🗓️ 24 Feb 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AGType 
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The Debian 'libgtk2-perl' package in Debian 7 is missing an update announced via DSA-3173-1 advisory, leading to denial of service or potential arbitrary code execution

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703173");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-02-24 23:00:00 +0000 (Tue, 24 Feb 2015)");
  script_version("2024-01-12T16:12:10+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-01-12 16:12:10 +0000 (Fri, 12 Jan 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");

  script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3173-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB7");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-3173-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2015/DSA-3173-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3173");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libgtk2-perl' package(s) announced via the DSA-3173-1 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"It was discovered that libgtk2-perl, a Perl interface to the 2.x series of the Gimp Toolkit library, incorrectly frees memory which GTK+ still holds onto and might access later, leading to denial of service (application crash) or, potentially, to arbitrary code execution.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.244-1+deb7u1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.2492-4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.2492-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your libgtk2-perl packages.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'libgtk2-perl' package(s) on Debian 7.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "DEB7") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libgtk2-perl", ver:"2:1.244-1+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libgtk2-perl-doc", ver:"2:1.244-1+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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