openSUSE Security Update : netpbm (openSUSE-2017-742)

high Nessus Plugin ID 101135

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for netpbm fixes the following issues :

Security bugs :

- CVE-2017-2586: A NULL pointer dereference in stringToUint function could lead to a denial of service (abort) problem when processing malformed images.
[bsc#1024292]

- CVE-2017-2581: A out-of-bounds write in writeRasterPbm() could be used by attackers to crash the decoder or potentially execute code. [bsc#1024287]

- CVE-2017-2587: A insufficient size check of memory allocation in createCanvas() function could be used for a denial of service attack (memory exhaustion) [bsc#1024294]

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

Solution

Update the affected netpbm packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1024287

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1024292

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1024294

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 101135

File Name: openSUSE-2017-742.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/30/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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:libnetpbm-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnetpbm11, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnetpbm11-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnetpbm11-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnetpbm11-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:netpbm, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:netpbm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:netpbm-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/26/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-2581, CVE-2017-2586, CVE-2017-2587