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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : netpbm (SUSE-SU-2019:1645-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 126168
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for netpbm fixes the following issues :Security issues fixed :
CVE-2018-8975: The pm_mallocarray2 function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file (bsc#1086777).
CVE-2017-2579: Fixed out-of-bounds read in expandCodeOntoStack() (bsc#1024288).
CVE-2017-2580: Fixed out-of-bounds write of heap data in addPixelToRaster() function (bsc#1024291).
create netpbm-vulnerable subpackage and move pstopnm there (bsc#1136936)
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-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-1645=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2019-1645=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-1645=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2019-1645=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-1645=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2019-1645=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1024288
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1024291
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1086777
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1136936
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2579/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2580/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 126168
File Name: suse_SU-2019-1645-1.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 6/24/2019
Updated: 5/14/2024
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-2017-2580
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 7
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:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:netpbm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:netpbm-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnetpbm11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:netpbm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnetpbm11-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: 6/21/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2018