SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : exiv2 (SUSE-SU-2018:1882-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 120029

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for exiv2 to 0.26 fixes the following security issues :

- CVE-2017-14864: Prevent invalid memory address dereference in Exiv2::getULong that could have caused a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service (bsc#1060995).

- CVE-2017-14862: Prevent invalid memory address dereference in Exiv2::DataValue::read that could have caused a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service (bsc#1060996).

- CVE-2017-14859: Prevent invalid memory address dereference in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read that could have caused a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service (bsc#1061000).

- CVE-2017-14860: Prevent heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::Jp2Image::readMetadata function via a crafted input that could have lead to a denial of service attack (bsc#1061023).

- CVE-2017-11337: Prevent invalid free in the Action::TaskFactory::cleanup function via a crafted input that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1048883).

- CVE-2017-11338: Prevent infinite loop in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function via a crafted input that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1048883).

- CVE-2017-11339: Prevent heap-based buffer overflow in the Image::printIFDStructure function via a crafted input that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1048883).

- CVE-2017-11340: Prevent Segmentation fault in the XmpParser::terminate() function via a crafted input that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1048883).

- CVE-2017-12955: Prevent heap-based buffer overflow. The vulnerability caused an out-of-bounds write in Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure(), which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact (bsc#1054593).

- CVE-2017-12956: Preventn illegal address access in Exiv2::FileIo::path[abi:cxx11]() that could have lead to remote denial of service (bsc#1054592).

- CVE-2017-12957: Prevent heap-based buffer over-read that was triggered in the Exiv2::Image::io function and could have lead to remote denial of service (bsc#1054590).

- CVE-2017-11683: Prevent reachable assertion in the Internal::TiffReader::visitDirectory function that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack via crafted input (bsc#1051188).

- CVE-2017-11591: Prevent Floating point exception in the Exiv2::ValueType function that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack via crafted input (bsc#1050257).

- CVE-2017-11553: Prevent illegal address access in the extend_alias_table function via a crafted input could have lead to remote denial of service.

- CVE-2017-11592: Prevent mismatched Memory Management Routines vulnerability in the Exiv2::FileIo::seek function that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack (heap memory corruption) via crafted input.

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 Module for Desktop Applications 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-2018-1280=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 120029

File Name: suse_SU-2018-1882-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/2/2019

Updated: 7/11/2024

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: 5.9

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-2017-12955

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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexiv2-26-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:exiv2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexiv2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexiv2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:exiv2-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 7/5/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11337, CVE-2017-11338, CVE-2017-11339, CVE-2017-11340, CVE-2017-11553, CVE-2017-11591, CVE-2017-11592, CVE-2017-11683, CVE-2017-12955, CVE-2017-12956, CVE-2017-12957, CVE-2017-14859, CVE-2017-14860, CVE-2017-14862, CVE-2017-14864

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