SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : gd (SUSE-SU-2017:0468-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 97203

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for gd fixes the following security issues :

- CVE-2016-6906: An out-of-bounds read in TGA decompression was fixed which could have lead to crashes. (bsc#1022553)

- CVE-2016-6912: Double free vulnerability in the gdImageWebPtr function in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) allowed remote attackers to have unspecified impact via large width and height values. (bsc#1022284)

- CVE-2016-9317: The gdImageCreate function in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via an oversized image. (bsc#1022283)

- CVE-2016-10166: A potential unsigned underflow in gd interpolation functions could lead to memory corruption in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) (bsc#1022263)

- CVE-2016-10167: A denial of service problem in gdImageCreateFromGd2Ctx() could lead to libgd running out of memory even on small files. (bsc#1022264)

- CVE-2016-10168: A signed integer overflow in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) could lead to memory corruption (bsc#1022265)

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-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP2-2017-241=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP1-2017-241=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-241=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2017-241=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-241=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-241=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-241=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-241=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2017-241=1

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

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1022263

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1022264

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1022265

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1022283

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1022284

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1022553

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10166/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10167/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10168/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6906/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6912/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9317/

http://www.nessus.org/u?c734a7bb

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 97203

File Name: suse_SU-2017-0468-1.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/16/2017

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:novell:suse_linux:gd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gd-debugsource, 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: 2/14/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10166, CVE-2016-10167, CVE-2016-10168, CVE-2016-6906, CVE-2016-6912, CVE-2016-9317