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Rocky Linux 9 : libjpeg-turbo (RLSA-2023:1068)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 172338
Synopsis
The remote Rocky Linux host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2023:1068 advisory.- The PPM reader in libjpeg-turbo through 2.0.90 mishandles use of tjLoadImage for loading a 16-bit binary PPM file into a grayscale buffer and loading a 16-bit binary PGM file into an RGB buffer. This is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the get_word_rgb_row function in rdppm.c. (CVE-2021-46822)
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
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 172338
File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2023-1068.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Published: 3/9/2023
Updated: 11/6/2023
Supported Sensors: 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-2021-46822
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:rocky:linux:libjpeg-turbo-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:turbojpeg, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libjpeg-turbo-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libjpeg-turbo-utils, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:turbojpeg-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libjpeg-turbo-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libjpeg-turbo-utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libjpeg-turbo, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:turbojpeg-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/8/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/8/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-46822