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openSUSE Security Update : freeimage (openSUSE-2018-121)

high Nessus Plugin ID 106551

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for freeimage fixes one issues.

This security issue was fixed :

 - CVE-2016-5684: Prevent out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the XMP image handling functionality. A specially crafted XMP file could have caused an arbitrary memory overwrite resulting in code execution (boo#1002621).

Solution

Update the affected freeimage packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1002621

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106551

File Name: openSUSE-2018-121.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2018

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:freeimage-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:freeimage-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libfreeimage3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libfreeimage3-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libfreeimageplus3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libfreeimageplus3-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/31/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5684