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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.891501
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-1501-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libextractor' package(s) announced via the DLA-1501-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libextractor' package(s) announced via the DLA-1501-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that there was an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in libextractor, a library to extract meta-data from files of arbitrary type.

For Debian 8 Jessie, this issue has been fixed in libextractor version 1:1.3-2+deb8u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your libextractor packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'libextractor' package(s) on Debian 8.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-16430
BugTraq ID: 105254
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105254
Debian Security Information: DSA-4290 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4290
https://gnunet.org/bugs/view.php?id=5405
https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/commit/?id=24c8d489797499c0331f4d1039e357ece1ae98a7
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00011.html
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