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openSUSE Security Update : SDL2 (openSUSE-2017-1217)

high Nessus Plugin ID 104242

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for SDL2 fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2017-2888: An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists when creating a new RGB Surface in SDL. A specially crafted file can cause an integer overflow resulting in too little memory being allocated which can lead to a buffer overflow and potential code execution. An attacker can provide a specially crafted image file to trigger this vulnerability. (bsc#1062784)

Solution

Update the affected SDL2 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1062784

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104242

File Name: openSUSE-2017-1217.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/30/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsdl2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsdl2-2_0-0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsdl2-2_0-0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsdl2-2_0-0, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sdl2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsdl2-2_0-0-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsdl2-devel-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-2888