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CentOS 6 : gegl (CESA-2012:1455)

high Nessus Plugin ID 62910

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Synopsis

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

Description

Updated gegl packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

GEGL (Generic Graphics Library) is a graph-based image processing framework.

An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way the gegl utility processed .ppm (Portable Pixel Map) image files. An attacker could create a specially crafted .ppm file that, when opened in gegl, would cause gegl to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-4433)

This issue was discovered by Murray McAllister of the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Users of gegl should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected gegl packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?2bdc9649

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 62910

File Name: centos_RHSA-2012-1455.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/14/2012

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4433

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gegl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gegl-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/18/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4433

BID: 56404

RHSA: 2012:1455