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openSUSE Security Update : jhead (openSUSE-2021-594)

high Nessus Plugin ID 149553

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for jhead fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2021-3496: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in Get16u() in exif.c (bsc#1184756)

Solution

Update the affected jhead packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1184756

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 149553

File Name: openSUSE-2021-594.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/18/2021

Updated: 1/1/2024

Supported Sensors: 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-2021-3496

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: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:jhead-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:jhead, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:jhead-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/22/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3496