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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : openexr (SUSE-SU-2021:2159-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 151101

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:2159-1 advisory.

 - There's a flaw in OpenEXR's Scanline API functionality in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could trigger excessive consumption of memory, resulting in an impact to system availability. (CVE-2021-3479)

 - There's a flaw in OpenEXR's ImfDeepScanLineInputFile functionality in versions prior to 3.0.5. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to an application linked with OpenEXR could cause an out-of-bounds read. The greatest risk from this flaw is to application availability. (CVE-2021-3598)

 - There's a flaw in OpenEXR's rleUncompress functionality in versions prior to 3.0.5. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to an application linked with OpenEXR could cause an out-of-bounds read. The greatest risk from this flaw is to application availability. (CVE-2021-3605)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libIlmImf-Imf_2_1-21, libIlmImf-Imf_2_1-21-32bit, openexr and / or openexr-devel packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1184354

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1187310

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1187395

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3479

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3598

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3605

http://www.nessus.org/u?71a5ecf5

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 151101

File Name: suse_SU-2021-2159-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/28/2021

Updated: 7/13/2023

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3605

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:libilmimf-imf_2_1-21, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openexr-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openexr, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libilmimf-imf_2_1-21-32bit

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: 6/24/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3479, CVE-2021-3598, CVE-2021-3605

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:2159-1