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openSUSE Security Update : potrace (openSUSE-2015-297)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 82654

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The bitmap to vector graphic tracing utility potrace was updated to fix one security issue.

The following vulnerability was fixed :

 - Very large bitmaps could trigger a buffer overflow, crashing the program and causing denial of service (bsc#924904, CVE-2013-7437)

Solution

Update the affected potrace packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=924904

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 82654

File Name: openSUSE-2015-297.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/9/2015

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpotrace0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpotrace0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:potrace, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:potrace-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:potrace-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:potrace-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-7437