SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : libexif (SUSE-SU-2020:1553-2)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 138264

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for libexif to 0.6.22 fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2016-6328: Fixed an integer overflow in parsing MNOTE entry data of the input file (bsc#1055857).

CVE-2017-7544: Fixed an out-of-bounds heap read vulnerability in exif_data_save_data_entry function in libexif/exif-data.c (bsc#1059893).

CVE-2018-20030: Fixed a denial of service by endless recursion (bsc#1120943).

CVE-2019-9278: Fixed an integer overflow (bsc#1160770).

CVE-2020-0093: Fixed an out-of-bounds read in exif_data_save_data_entry (bsc#1171847).

CVE-2020-12767: Fixed a divide-by-zero error in exif_entry_get_value (bsc#1171475).

CVE-2020-13112: Fixed a time consumption DoS when parsing canon array markers (bsc#1172121).

CVE-2020-13113: Fixed a potential use of uninitialized memory (bsc#1172105).

CVE-2020-13114: Fixed various buffer overread fixes due to integer overflows in maker notes (bsc#1172116).

Non-security issues fixed :

libexif was updated to version 0.6.22 :

- New translations: ms

- Updated translations for most languages

- Some useful EXIF 2.3 tag added :

- EXIF_TAG_GAMMA

- EXIF_TAG_COMPOSITE_IMAGE

- EXIF_TAG_SOURCE_IMAGE_NUMBER_OF_COMPOSITE_IMAGE

- EXIF_TAG_SOURCE_EXPOSURE_TIMES_OF_COMPOSITE_IMAGE

- EXIF_TAG_GPS_H_POSITIONING_ERROR

- EXIF_TAG_CAMERA_OWNER_NAME

- EXIF_TAG_BODY_SERIAL_NUMBER

- EXIF_TAG_LENS_SPECIFICATION

- EXIF_TAG_LENS_MAKE

- EXIF_TAG_LENS_MODEL

- EXIF_TAG_LENS_SERIAL_NUMBER

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 Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP2-2020-1553=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP1-2020-1553=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP2-2020-1553=1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 138264

File Name: suse_SU-2020-1553-2.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/9/2020

Updated: 3/1/2024

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: 6.7

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-2019-9278

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-13112

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexif12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexif-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexif12-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexif12-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexif-devel, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 7/8/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6328, CVE-2017-7544, CVE-2018-20030, CVE-2019-9278, CVE-2020-0093, CVE-2020-12767, CVE-2020-13112, CVE-2020-13113, CVE-2020-13114

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