SUSE SLES12 Security Update : gnuplot (SUSE-SU-2020:1660-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 138268

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for gnuplot fixes the following issues :

Following security issues were fixed :

CVE-2018-19492: Fixed a buffer overflow in cairotrm_options function (bsc#1117463)

CVE-2018-19491: Fixed a buffer overlow in the PS_options function (bsc#1117464)

CVE-2018-19490: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in the df_generate_ascii_array_entry function (bsc#1117465)

CVE-2017-9670: Fixed a uninitialized stack variable vulnerability which could lead to a Denial of Service (bsc#1044638)

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 Server 12-SP5 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-1660=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-1660=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 138268

File Name: suse_SU-2020-1660-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/9/2020

Updated: 3/1/2024

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: 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-2018-19492

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: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gnuplot, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gnuplot-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gnuplot-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: 6/18/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9670, CVE-2018-19490, CVE-2018-19491, CVE-2018-19492

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