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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : graphite2 (SUSE-SU-2016:0779-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 89991
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for graphite2 fixes the following issues :- CVE-2016-1521: The directrun function in directmachine.cpp in Libgraphite did not validate a certain skip operation, which allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted Graphite smart font.
- CVE-2016-1523: The SillMap::readFace function in FeatureMap.cpp in Libgraphite mishandled a return value, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (missing initialization, NULL pointer dereference, and application crash) via a crafted Graphite smart font.
- CVE-2016-1526: The TtfUtil:LocaLookup function in TtfUtil.cpp in Libgraphite incorrectly validated a size value, which allowed remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted Graphite smart font.
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 12-SP1 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-456=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2016-456=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-456=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-456=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-456=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2016-456=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=965803
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=965807
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=965810
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1521/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1523/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 89991
File Name: suse_SU-2016-0779-1.nasl
Version: 2.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 3/17/2016
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
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgraphite2-3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:graphite2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgraphite2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:graphite2-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgraphite2-3-debuginfo
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: 3/15/2016
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2016