SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libEMF (SUSE-SU-2022:3190-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 164924

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLED_SAP12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3190-1 advisory.

- ScaleViewPortExtEx in libemf.cpp in libEMF (aka ECMA-234 Metafile Library) 1.0.12 allows an integer overflow and denial of service via a crafted EMF file. (CVE-2020-13999)

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 libEMF-devel and / or libEMF1 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 164924

File Name: suse_SU-2022-3190-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/9/2022

Updated: 7/14/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-13999

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libemf1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libemf-devel

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: 9/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13999

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:3190-1

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