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SUSE SLED12 Security Update : gegl (SUSE-SU-2017:0696-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 97773

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for gegl fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed :

 - Fix CVE-2012-4433: Fix buffer overflow in and add plausibility checks to ppm-load op (bsc#789835).

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-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP1-2017-377=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2017-377=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2017-377=1

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

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789835

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4433/

http://www.nessus.org/u?1ed4f9fb

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 97773

File Name: suse_SU-2017-0696-1.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/16/2017

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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:gegl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gegl-0_2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gegl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gegl-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgegl-0_2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgegl-0_2-0-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: 3/15/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/18/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4433

BID: 56404