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openSUSE Security Update : jhead (openSUSE-2018-155)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 106742

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for jhead fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2018-6612: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read (boo#1079349 CVE-2018-6612)

Solution

Update the affected jhead packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1079349

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 106742

File Name: openSUSE-2018-155.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/12/2018

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6612