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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : libpng16 (SUSE-SU-2019:3060-2)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 134278

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for libpng16 fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2019-7317: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability, triggered when png_image_free() was called under png_safe_execute (bsc#1124211).

CVE-2017-12652: Fixed an Input Validation Error related to the length of chunks (bsc#1141493).

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 OpenStack Cloud 8:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2020-569=1

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2020-569=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2020-569=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2020-569=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2020-569=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2020-569=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-BCL-2020-569=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2020-569=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2020-569=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2020-569=1

SUSE Enterprise Storage 5:zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-5-2020-569=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1124211

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141493

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12652/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7317/

http://www.nessus.org/u?0edc93ef

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 134278

File Name: suse_SU-2019-3060-2.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/6/2020

Updated: 3/25/2024

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: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12652

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:libpng16-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpng16-16-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpng16-16, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpng16

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: 3/3/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12652, CVE-2019-7317