openSUSE 10 Security Update : tk (tk-4973)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 31846

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Specially crafted GIF images could cause a buffer overflow and crash tk. It seems unlikely but not entirely impossible that this overflow can be exploited to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2008-0553).

Solution

Update the affected tk packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 31846

File Name: suse_tk-4973.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/11/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tk, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tk-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tk-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0553

CWE: 119

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