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Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : gimp (cve_2012_3236_buffer_overflow)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 80620

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Synopsis

The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.

Description

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates :

 - fits-io.c in GIMP before 2.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed XTENSION header of a .fit file, as demonstrated using a long string.
 (CVE-2012-3236)

Solution

Upgrade to Solaris 11/11 SRU 11.4.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4a913f44

http://www.nessus.org/u?a19c29df

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 80620

File Name: solaris11_gimp_20121009.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 1/19/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.0, p-cpe:/a:oracle:solaris:gimp

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Solaris11/release, Host/Solaris11/pkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/9/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3236