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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : transfig (SUSE-SU-2021:3585-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 154741

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3585-1 advisory.

 - fig2dev 3.2.7b contains a stack buffer overflow in the bezier_spline function in genepic.c.
 (CVE-2020-21529)

 - fig2dev 3.2.7b contains a segmentation fault in the read_objects function in read.c. (CVE-2020-21530)

 - fig2dev 3.2.7b contains a global buffer overflow in the conv_pattern_index function in gencgm.c.
 (CVE-2020-21531)

 - fig2dev 3.2.7b contains a global buffer overflow in the setfigfont function in genepic.c. (CVE-2020-21532)

 - fig2dev 3.2.7b contains a stack buffer overflow in the read_textobject function in read.c.
 (CVE-2020-21533)

 - fig2dev 3.2.7b contains a global buffer overflow in the get_line function in read.c. (CVE-2020-21534)

 - fig2dev 3.2.7b contains a segmentation fault in the gencgm_start function in gencgm.c. (CVE-2020-21535)

 - An issue was discovered in fig2dev before 3.2.8.. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function compute_closed_spline() located in trans_spline.c. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service. The fixed version of fig2dev is 3.2.8. (CVE-2021-32280)

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 transfig package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190607

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190611

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190612

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190615

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190616

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190617

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190618

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1192019

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-21529

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-21530

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-21531

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-21532

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-21533

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-21534

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-21535

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-32280

http://www.nessus.org/u?174bfcdf

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 154741

File Name: suse_SU-2021-3585-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/30/2021

Updated: 7/13/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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-2021-32280

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:transfig

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: 10/29/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/16/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-21529, CVE-2020-21530, CVE-2020-21531, CVE-2020-21532, CVE-2020-21533, CVE-2020-21534, CVE-2020-21535, CVE-2021-32280

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:3585-1