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openSUSE Security Update : discount (openSUSE-2019-19)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 121147

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for discount to version 2.2.4 fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

 - CVE-2018-11468: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read in the __mkd_trim_line function from mkdio.c (boo#1094809)

 - CVE-2018-12495: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted file (boo#1098252)

Solution

Update the affected discount packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1094809

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1098252

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 121147

File Name: openSUSE-2019-19.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/14/2019

Updated: 6/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12495

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:discount-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:discount, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libmarkdown2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libmarkdown2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libmarkdown-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/25/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-11468, CVE-2018-12495