Summary
The remote host is missing an update to libimager-perl announced via advisory DSA 1498-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201498-1
Insight
It was discovered that libimager-perl, a Perl extension for Generating 24 bit images, did not correctly handle 8-bit per-pixel compressed images, which could allow the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution, this problem has been fixed in version 0.50-1etch1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libimager-perl package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2007-2459 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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