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openSUSE Security Update : tnef (openSUSE-2017-1307)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 104770

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for tnef fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

 - CVE-2017-8911: Fix underflow problem (boo#1038837).

Bug fixes :

 - Update to version 1.4.15 :

 - Use __builtin_mul_overflow when available.

 - Fixing Unicode related bugs introduced in previous release.

 - Prevent against various cases of null derefences, buffer overshooting, and fix some integer overflows.

Solution

Update the affected tnef packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1038837

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 104770

File Name: openSUSE-2017-1307.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/27/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tnef, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tnef-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tnef-debuginfo

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/25/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8911