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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : libass (SUSE-SU-2021:1664-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 149856

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for libass fixes the following issues :

CVE-2020-24994: Fixed a stack overflow in the parse_tag (bsc#1184153).

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 Desktop Applications 15-SP3 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP3-2021-1664=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP2-2021-1664=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184153

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24994/

http://www.nessus.org/u?7bb9c88c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 149856

File Name: suse_SU-2021-1664-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/24/2021

Updated: 12/29/2023

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-24994

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libass9-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libass-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libass9, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libass-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/20/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/23/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-24994