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openSUSE Security Update : gimp (openSUSE-2016-822)

high Nessus Plugin ID 91942

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

gimp was updated to version 2.8.16 to fix one security issue.

This security issue was fixed :

 - CVE-2016-4994: Use-after-free vulnerabilities in the channel and layer properties parsing process (bsc#986021).

This non-security issues were fixed :

 - Core :

 - Seek much less when writing XCF

 - Don't seek past the end of the file when writing XCF

 - Fix velocity parameter on .GIH brushes

 - Fix brokenness while transforming certain sets of linked layers

 - GUI :

 - Always show image tabs in single window mode

 - Fix switching of dock tabs by DND hovering

 - Don't make the scroll area for tags too small

 - Fixed a crash in the save dialog

 - Fix issue where ruler updates made things very slow on Windows

-Plug-ins :

 - Fix several issues in the BMP plug-in

 - Make Gfig work with the new brush size behavior again

 - Fix font export in the PDF plug-in

 - Support layer groups in OpenRaster files

 - Fix loading of PSD files with layer groups

Solution

Update the affected gimp packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=986021

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91942

File Name: openSUSE-2016-822.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/5/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gimp, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gimp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gimp-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gimp-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gimp-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gimp-help-browser, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gimp-help-browser-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gimp-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gimp-plugin-aa, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gimp-plugin-aa-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gimp-plugins-python, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gimp-plugins-python-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgimp-2_0-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgimp-2_0-0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgimp-2_0-0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgimp-2_0-0-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgimpui-2_0-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgimpui-2_0-0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgimpui-2_0-0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgimpui-2_0-0-debuginfo-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4994