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openSUSE Security Update : gimp (openSUSE-SU-2011:1152-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75515

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

specially crafted gif files could cause an infinite loop or a heap-based buffer overflow in the gif decoder (CVE-2011-2896).

Solution

Update the affected gimp packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=711491

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-10/msg00020.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75515

File Name: suse_11_3_gimp-110916.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

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: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gimp-help-browser, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gimp-module-hal, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gimp-plugins-python, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gimp-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gimp, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gimp-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gimp-branding-upstream

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/16/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2896