SUSE SLED12 Security Update : libwmf (SUSE-SU-2015:1484-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 85796

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Synopsis

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

Description

libwmf was updated to fix five security issues.

These security issues were fixed :

- CVE-2009-1364: Fixed realloc return value usage (bsc#495842, bnc#831299)

- CVE-2015-0848: Heap overflow on libwmf0.2-7 (bsc#933109)

- CVE-2015-4588: DecodeImage() did not check that the run-length 'count' fits into the total size of the image, which could lead to a heap-based buffer overflow (bsc#933109)

- CVE-2015-4695: meta_pen_create heap buffer over read (bsc#936058)

- CVE-2015-4696: Use after free (bsc#936062)

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 Workstation Extension 12 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-2015-481=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-481=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-481=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85796

File Name: suse_SU-2015-1484-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/4/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwmf-0_2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwmf-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwmf-0_2-7-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

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: 7/31/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1364, CVE-2015-0848, CVE-2015-4588, CVE-2015-4695, CVE-2015-4696

BID: 34792, 74923, 75230, 75329, 75331

CWE: 399

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