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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : jbigkit (SUSE-SU-2023:4969-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 187303

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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-2023:4969-1 advisory.

 - A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in LibTIFF 4.3.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the TIFF File Handler of tiff2ps. Opening a malicious file leads to a denial of service. The attack can be launched remotely but requires user interaction. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. (CVE-2022-1210)

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 libjbig-devel, libjbig2 and / or libjbig2-32bit packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1198146

http://www.nessus.org/u?4bc03bae

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1210

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 187303

File Name: suse_SU-2023-4969-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/26/2023

Updated: 12/26/2023

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-2022-1210

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:libjbig2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjbig2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjbig-devel

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: 12/25/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1210

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:4969-1