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/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8975/

http://www.nessus.org/u?843dad7f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 126168

File Name: suse_SU-2019-1645-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/24/2019

Updated: 5/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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:libnetpbm11-debuginfo, 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

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

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-2579, CVE-2017-2580, CVE-2018-8975