RHEL 5 : libjpeg (RHSA-2013:1804)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 71291

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for libjpeg.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2013:1804 advisory.

- libjpeg: information leak (read of uninitialized memory) (CVE-2013-6629)

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 libjpeg package based on the guidance in RHSA-2013:1804.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 71291

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2013-1804.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 12/10/2013

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: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-6629

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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:libjpeg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libjpeg-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5

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: 12/9/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6629

BID: 63676

CWE: 456

RHSA: 2013:1804

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