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Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-740-1)

🗓️ 08 Mar 2023 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AGType 
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Debian 'libgsf' package missing update for null pointer deference exploi

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.2.2016.740");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-9888");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-03-08 12:56:44 +0000 (Wed, 08 Mar 2023)");
  script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:10+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:10 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2016-12-08 18:48:31 +0000 (Thu, 08 Dec 2016)");

  script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-740-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 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:"DLA-740-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2016/DLA-740-1");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libgsf' package(s) announced via the DLA-740-1 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 there was a null pointer deference exploit in libgsf, a I/O abstraction library for GNOME.

An error within the 'tar_directory_for_file()' function could be exploited to trigger a null pointer dereference and subsequently cause a crash via a crafted TAR file.

For Debian 7 Wheezy, this issue has been fixed in libgsf version 1.14.21-2.1+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libgsf packages.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'libgsf' 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:"libgsf-1-114", ver:"1.14.21-2.1+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libgsf-1-114-dbg", ver:"1.14.21-2.1+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libgsf-1-common", ver:"1.14.21-2.1+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libgsf-1-dev", ver:"1.14.21-2.1+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libgsf-bin", ver:"1.14.21-2.1+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libgsf-gnome-1-114", ver:"1.14.21-2.1+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libgsf-gnome-1-114-dbg", ver:"1.14.21-2.1+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libgsf-gnome-1-dev", ver:"1.14.21-2.1+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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08 Mar 2023 00:00Current
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