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openSUSE Security Update : potrace (openSUSE-2017-934)

high Nessus Plugin ID 102554

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for potrace fixes the following security issues :

 - CVE-2017-12067: potential buffer overflows and arithmetic overflows (bsc#1051634) The update also fixes various bugs, including a bug triggered by very large bitmaps.

Solution

Update the affected potrace packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1051634

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 102554

File Name: openSUSE-2017-934.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/18/2017

Updated: 11/26/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12067

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:potrace-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpotrace0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:potrace, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:potrace-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpotrace0, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:potrace-debugsource

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: 8/16/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12067