Detections
Analytics
SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : tiff (SUSE-SU-2018:2836-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 117698
Language:
Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for tiff fixes the following issues :Security issues fixed :
CVE-2018-10779: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in TIFFWriteScanline() in tif_write.c (bsc#1092480)
CVE-2017-17942: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in the function PackBitsEncode in tif_packbits.c. (bsc#1074186)
CVE-2016-5319: Fixed a beap-based buffer overflow in bmp2tiff (bsc#983440)
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 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-1989=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1989=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-1989=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1074186
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1092480
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983440
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5319/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17942/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 117698
File Name: suse_SU-2018-2836-1.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 9/25/2018
Updated: 8/5/2024
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: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-17942
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tiff, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtiff5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tiff-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tiff-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtiff5-debuginfo
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: 9/24/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2017