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RHEL 6 : gegl (RHSA-2012:1455)
high Nessus Plugin ID 62897
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for gegl.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1455 advisory.- gegl: Integer overflow, leading to heap-based buffer overflow by parsing PPM image headers (CVE-2012-4433)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL gegl package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:1455.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?1d8e0147
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1455
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 62897
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-1455.nasl
Version: 1.22
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/13/2012
Updated: 4/24/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.8
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
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4433
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gegl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gegl-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/18/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-4433
BID: 56404