Summary
The remote host is missing an update to lcms
announced via advisory DSA 1745-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201745-1
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-gounds 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.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-0581, CVE-2009-0723, CVE-2009-0733 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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