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openSUSE Security Update : pngcheck (openSUSE-2020-2198)

low Nessus Plugin ID 143537

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for pngcheck fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2020-27818: Fixed a global buffer overflow in check_chunk_name function via crafted pngfile (boo#1179528).

Solution

Update the affected pngcheck packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1179528

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 143537

File Name: openSUSE-2020-2198.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/8/2020

Updated: 2/6/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27818

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pngcheck, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pngcheck-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/7/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-27818