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Fedora 38 : libheif (2023-fd63c401df)

high Nessus Plugin ID 175138

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-fd63c401df advisory.

 Fixes an incompatibility with AOM v3.6.0 and includes a couple of smaller fixes.
 Also fixes a stack overflow with some crafted images.


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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 libheif package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-fd63c401df

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 175138

File Name: fedora_2023-fd63c401df.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/5/2023

Updated: 11/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, continuous_assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:38, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libheif

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/4/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2023

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