openSUSE 15 Security Update : mupdf (openSUSE-SU-2021:1341-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 154008

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:1341-1 advisory.

- A Use After Free vulnerability exists in Artifex Software, Inc. MuPDF library 1.17.0-rc1 and earlier when a valid page was followed by a page with invalid pixmap dimensions, causing bander - a static - to point to previously freed memory instead of a newband_writer. (CVE-2020-16600)

- Artifex MuPDF before 1.18.0 has a heap based buffer over-write in tiff_expand_colormap() function when parsing TIFF files allowing attackers to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-19609)

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 affected mupdf and / or mupdf-devel-static packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 154008

File Name: openSUSE-2021-1341.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/12/2021

Updated: 11/28/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2020-16600

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: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mupdf-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mupdf, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2

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: 10/11/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-16600, CVE-2020-19609

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