SUSE SLES12 Security Update : exiv2 (SUSE-SU-2020:0860-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 135223

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for exiv2 fixes the following issues :

CVE-2018-17581: Fixed an excessive stack consumption in CiffDirectory:readDirectory() which might have led to denial of service (bsc#1110282).

CVE-2019-13110: Fixed an integer overflow and an out of bounds read in CiffDirectory:readDirectory which might have led to denial of service (bsc#1142678).

CVE-2019-13113: Fixed a potential denial of service via an invalid data location in a CRW image (bsc#1142683).

CVE-2019-17402: Fixed an improper validation of the relationship of the total size to the offset and size in Exiv2::getULong (bsc#1153577).

CVE-2019-20421: Fixed an infinite loop triggered via an input file (bsc#1161901).

CVE-2017-9239: Fixed a segmentation fault in TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage function (bsc#1040973).

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-SP5:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2020-860=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2020-860=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-860=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-860=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 135223

File Name: suse_SU-2020-0860-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/6/2020

Updated: 3/19/2024

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-20421

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:exiv2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexiv2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexiv2-12-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:exiv2-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: 4/3/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/26/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9239, CVE-2018-17581, CVE-2019-13110, CVE-2019-13113, CVE-2019-17402, CVE-2019-20421

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