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openSUSE Security Update : perl-Image-Info (openSUSE-2017-327)

high Nessus Plugin ID 97710

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for perl-Image-Info fixes the following issues :

 - update to version 1.39 to fix a potential security issue. A crafted SVG file could have caused information disclosure or denial of service by using external entitity expansion (XXE). This is a potentially incompatible change; however usually SVG files do not rely on XXE. (boo#1008647, CVE-2016-9181)

Solution

Update the affected perl-Image-Info package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1008647

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 97710

File Name: openSUSE-2017-327.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/14/2017

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: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-image-info

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/11/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9181