SUSE SLES11 Security Update : OpenEXR (SUSE-SU-2018:0587-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 107132

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for OpenEXR fixes the following issues :

- CVE-2017-9110: In OpenEXR, an invalid read of size 2 in the hufDecode function in ImfHuf.cpp could cause the application to crash. (bsc#1040107)

- CVE-2017-9114: In OpenEXR, an invalid read of size 1 in the refill function in ImfFastHuf.cpp could cause the application to crash. (bsc#1040114)

- CVE-2017-12596: In OpenEXR, a crafted image causes a heap-based buffer over-read in the hufDecode function in IlmImf/ImfHuf.cpp during exrmaketiled execution; it could have resulted in denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact. (bsc#1052522)

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-OpenEXR-13496=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-OpenEXR-13496=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-OpenEXR-13496=1

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

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1040107

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1040114

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1052522

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12596/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9110/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9114/

http://www.nessus.org/u?5f34f2f9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 107132

File Name: suse_SU-2018-0587-1.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/5/2018

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: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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: 3/2/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12596, CVE-2017-9110, CVE-2017-9114