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openSUSE Security Update : graphite2 (openSUSE-2017-570)

high Nessus Plugin ID 100169

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for graphite2 fixes one issue.

This security issues was fixed :

 - CVE-2017-5436: An out-of-bounds write triggered with a maliciously crafted Graphite font could lead to a crash or potentially code execution (bsc#1035204).

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

Solution

Update the affected graphite2 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1035204

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100169

File Name: openSUSE-2017-570.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/15/2017

Updated: 12/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5436

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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:novell:opensuse:libgraphite2-3-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgraphite2-3-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:graphite2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgraphite2-3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:graphite2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:graphite2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:graphite2-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgraphite2-3-debuginfo-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2

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: 5/12/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5436