openSUSE Security Update : transfig (openSUSE-2018-190)

high Nessus Plugin ID 106922

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for transfig fixes the following issues :

- CVE-2017-16899: Do some input sanitizing when reading FIG files to avoid crashes (boo#1069257)

Solution

Update the affected transfig packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1069257

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106922

File Name: openSUSE-2018-190.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/21/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:transfig, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:transfig-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:transfig-debugsource, 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: 2/20/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16899