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RHEL 8 : jbig2dec (RHSA-2020:2897)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 138382
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for jbig2dec.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2897 advisory.jbig2dec is a decoder implementation of the JBIG2 image compression format.
Security Fix(es):
* jbig2dec: heap-based buffer overflow in jbig2_image_compose in jbig2_image.c (CVE-2020-12268)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL jbig2dec package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:2897.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?91242a16
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 138382
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-2897.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 7/13/2020
Updated: 6/4/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
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-2020-12268
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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbig2dec, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbig2dec-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/13/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/27/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-12268