SUSE SLES11 Security Update : gd (SUSE-SU-2018:0235-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 106439

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for gd fixes several issues. This security issue was fixed :

- CVE-2018-5711: Prevent integer signedness error that could have lead to an infinite loop via a crafted GIF file allowing for DoS (bsc#1076391)

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

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-gd-13441=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-gd-13441=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-gd-13441=1

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 106439

File Name: suse_SU-2018-0235-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/29/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 1/26/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5711

Detections

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