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SUSE SLED11 Security Update : libwmf (SUSE-SU-2015:1378-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 85399
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
libwmf was updated to fix four security issues.These security issues were fixed :
- CVE-2015-4588: Heap-based buffer overflow in the DecodeImage function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted 'run-length count' in an image in a WMF file (bsc#933109).
- CVE-2015-0848: Heap-based buffer overflow allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted BMP image (bsc#933109).
- CVE-2015-4696: Use-after-free vulnerability allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted WMF file to the (1) wmf2gd or (2) wmf2eps command (bsc#936062).
- CVE-2015-4695: meta.h allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted WMF file (bsc#936058).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 :
zypper in -t patch sdksp4-libwmf-12027=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP3 :
zypper in -t patch sdksp3-libwmf-12027=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4 :
zypper in -t patch sledsp4-libwmf-12027=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3 :
zypper in -t patch sledsp3-libwmf-12027=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 :
zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-libwmf-12027=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=831299
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=933109
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=936058
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=936062
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0848/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4588/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4695/
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 85399
File Name: suse_SU-2015-1378-1.nasl
Version: 2.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 8/14/2015
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwmf
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-0848, CVE-2015-4588, CVE-2015-4695, CVE-2015-4696