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SUSE SLES11 Security Update : libexif (SUSE-SU-2018:0195-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 106344

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for libexif fixes the following security issue :

 - CVE-2017-7544: Fixed out-of-bounds heap read vulnerability in exif_data_save_data_entry function in libexif/exif-data.c caused by improper length computation of the allocated data of an ExifMnote entry which can cause denial-of-service or possibly information disclosure (bsc#1059893)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch sdksp4-libexif-13434=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-libexif-13434=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-libexif-13434=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1059893

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7544/

http://www.nessus.org/u?85c7400b

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 106344

File Name: suse_SU-2018-0195-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexif

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7544