openSUSE Security Update : giflib (openSUSE-2016-72)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 88139

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for giflib fixes the following issues :

- CVE-2015-7555: Heap overflow in giffix (bsc#960319)

- bsc#949160: Fix a memory leak

Solution

Update the affected giflib packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=949160

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=960319

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 88139

File Name: openSUSE-2016-72.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2016

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgif6-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgif6-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgif6-debuginfo-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:giflib-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:giflib-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:giflib-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:giflib-progs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:giflib-progs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgif6

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/22/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7555