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openSUSE Security Update : libass (openSUSE-2016-1442)

high Nessus Plugin ID 95748

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libass fixes the following issues :

 - Fixed situations that could cause uninitialised memory to be used, leading to undefined behaviour.
 (boo#1002982, CVE-2016-7969, CVE-2016-7972)

Solution

Update the affected libass packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1002982

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 95748

File Name: openSUSE-2016-1442.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/13/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libass5-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libass5-debuginfo-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libass-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libass5-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libass-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libass5

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7969, CVE-2016-7972