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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : exiv2 (SUSE-SU-2023:4070-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 183074
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.Description
The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4070-1 advisory.- In Exiv2 0.26 and previous versions, PngChunk::readRawProfile in pngchunk_int.cpp may cause a denial of service (application crash due to a heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted PNG file. (CVE-2018-19535)
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 libexiv2-12 and / or libexiv2-devel packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1117291
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 183074
File Name: suse_SU-2023-4070-1.nasl
Version: 1.0
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 10/14/2023
Updated: 10/14/2023
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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-2018-19535
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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:libexiv2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexiv2-12
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: 10/13/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/1/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-19535
SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:4070-1