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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.892267
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-2267-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libmatio' package(s) announced via the DLA-2267-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libmatio' package(s) announced via the DLA-2267-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
In libmatio, a library to read and write Matlab MAT files, a vulnerability was fixed in Mat_VarReadNextInfo4 in mat4.c that could lead to a heap-based buffer over-read in strdup_vprintf.

For Debian 8 Jessie, this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.2-3+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libmatio packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: [link moved to references]

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

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.4

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-17533
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16856
https://github.com/tbeu/matio/commit/651a8e28099edb5fbb9e4e1d4d3238848f446c9a
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00037.html
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