Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-7438 - Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in multiple products

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4129. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(107121);
  script_version("3.4");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/03/05 11:33:43");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-7435", "CVE-2018-7436", "CVE-2018-7437", "CVE-2018-7438", "CVE-2018-7439");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4129");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4129-1 : freexl - security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Multiple heap buffer over reads were discovered in freexl, a library
to read Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, which could result in denial of
service."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/freexl"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/freexl"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/freexl"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4129"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the freexl packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been
fixed in version 1.0.0g-1+deb8u5.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 1.0.2-2+deb9u2."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freexl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/02/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/03/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/03/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libfreexl-dev", reference:"1.0.0g-1+deb8u5")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libfreexl1", reference:"1.0.0g-1+deb8u5")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libfreexl1-dbg", reference:"1.0.0g-1+deb8u5")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libfreexl-dev", reference:"1.0.2-2+deb9u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libfreexl1", reference:"1.0.2-2+deb9u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libfreexl1-dbg", reference:"1.0.2-2+deb9u2")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");