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Fedora 40 : libheif (2023-692921aeb2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 194515

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-692921aeb2 advisory.

 Automatic update for libheif-1.17.5-1.fc40.

 ##### **Changelog**

 ```
 * Fri Dec 15 2023 Dominik Mierzejewski <[email protected]> - 1.17.5-2
 - Update to 1.17.5 (rhbz#2244583)
 - Backport fixes for: CVE-2023-49460 (rhbz#2253575, rhbz#2253576) CVE-2023-49462 (rhbz#2253567, rhbz#2253568) CVE-2023-49463 (rhbz#2253565, rhbz#2253566) CVE-2023-49464 (rhbz#2253562, rhbz#2253563)
 - Simplify conditionals for rav1e and svt-av1 encoders
 - Enable JPEG2000 and dav1d decoders/encoders

 ```

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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-2023-692921aeb2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 194515

File Name: fedora_2023-692921aeb2.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/29/2024

Updated: 11/14/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-49464

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:40, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libheif

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/16/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/7/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-49460, CVE-2023-49462, CVE-2023-49463, CVE-2023-49464