SUSE SLES11 Security Update : cairo (SUSE-SU-2018:1453-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 110190

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for cairo fixes the following issues :

- CVE-2016-9082: Fixed a segfault when using >4GB images since int values were used for pointer operations (bsc#1007255).

- CVE-2017-9814: Replace malloc with _cairo_malloc and check cmap size before allocating to prevent DoS (bsc#1049092).

- CVE-2017-7475: Fix a segfault in get_bitmap_surface due to malformed font (bsc#1036789).

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 the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch sdksp4-cairo-13627=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-cairo-13627=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-cairo-13627=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049092

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9814/

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1007255

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036789

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9082/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7475/

http://www.nessus.org/u?d6977780

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 110190

File Name: suse_SU-2018-1453-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/29/2018

Updated: 9/30/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9814

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/28/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9082, CVE-2017-7475, CVE-2017-9814