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openSUSE Security Update : libpng15 (openSUSE-2017-477)

high Nessus Plugin ID 99428

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libpng15 fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

 - CVE-2015-8540: read underflow in libpng (bsc#958791)

 - CVE-2016-10087: NULL pointer dereference in png_set_text_2() (bsc#1017646)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP1:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected libpng15 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1017646

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=958791

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 99428

File Name: openSUSE-2017-477.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/18/2017

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpng15-15-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpng15-15-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpng15-15-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpng15-15, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpng15-debugsource

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8540, CVE-2016-10087