SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : libjpeg-turbo (SUSE-SU-2022:3523-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 165667

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3523-1 advisory.

- A crafted input file could cause a null pointer dereference in jcopy_sample_rows() when processed by libjpeg-turbo. (CVE-2020-35538)

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1202915

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-35538

http://www.nessus.org/u?e26fbe32

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 165667

File Name: suse_SU-2022-3523-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/5/2022

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: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-35538

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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjpeg62-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjpeg62, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libturbojpeg0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjpeg8-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjpeg8, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjpeg8-devel, 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: 10/4/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/31/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-35538

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:3523-1