| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'lcms' package(s) announced via the DSA-1745-1 advisory.
Vulnerability Insight:
Several security issues have been discovered in lcms, a color management library. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
CVE-2009-0581
Chris Evans discovered that lcms is affected by a memory leak, which could result in a denial of service via specially crafted image files.
CVE-2009-0723
Chris Evans discovered that lcms is prone to several integer overflows via specially crafted image files, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
CVE-2009-0733
Chris Evans discovered the lack of upper-bounds check on sizes leading to a buffer overflow, which could be used to execute arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 1.17.dfsg-1+lenny1.
For the oldstable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.15-1.1+etch2.
For the testing distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution (sid), these problems will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your lcms packages.
Affected Software/OS:
'lcms' package(s) on Debian 4, Debian 5.
Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).
CVSS Score:
9.3
CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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