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openSUSE Security Update : jhead (openSUSE-2018-1292)
high Nessus Plugin ID 118480
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Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.Description
This update for jhead fixes the following issues :Security issues fixed :
- CVE-2018-17088: The ProcessGpsInfo function may have allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service attack or unspecified other impact via a malicious JPEG file, because there is an integer overflow during a check for whether a location exceeds the EXIF data length. This is analogous to the CVE-2016-3822 integer overflow in exif.c. (boo#1108672)
- CVE-2018-16554: The ProcessGpsInfo function may have allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service attack or unspecified other impact via a malicious JPEG file, because of inconsistency between float and double in a sprintf format string during TAG_GPS_ALT handling.
(boo#1108480)
Solution
Update the affected jhead packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 118480
File Name: openSUSE-2018-1292.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 10/29/2018
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: 6.7
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:jhead, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:jhead-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:jhead-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0, 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: 10/26/2018