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openSUSE Security Update : hylafax+ (openSUSE-2018-1027)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 117658

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for hylafax+ fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed in 5.6.1 :

 - CVE-2018-17141: multiple vulnerabilities affecting fax page reception in JPEG format Specially crafted input may have allowed remote execution of arbitrary code (boo#1109084)

Additionally, this update also contains all upstream corrections and bugfixes in the 5.6.1 version, including :

 - fix RFC2047 encoding by notify

 - add jobcontrol PageSize feature

 - don't wait forever after +FRH:3

 - fix faxmail transition between a message and external types

 - avoid pagehandling from introducing some unnecessary EOM signals

 - improve proxy connection error handling and logging

 - add initial ModemGroup limits feature

 - pass the user's uid onto the session log file for sent faxes

 - improve job waits to minimize triggers

 - add ProxyTaglineFormat and ProxyTSI features

Solution

Update the affected hylafax+ packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1109084

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 117658

File Name: openSUSE-2018-1027.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hylafax%2b, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hylafax%2b-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hylafax%2b-client-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hylafax%2b-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hylafax%2b-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libfaxutil5_6_1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libfaxutil5_6_1-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/21/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17141