SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : gd (SUSE-SU-2019:0747-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 123411

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for gd fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2019-6977: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow the GD Graphics Library used in the imagecolormatch function (bsc#1123361).

CVE-2019-6978: Fixed a double free in the gdImage*Ptr() functions (bsc#1123522).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP4-2019-747=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP3-2019-747=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-747=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2019-747=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-747=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2019-747=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-747=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2019-747=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1123361

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1123522

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6977/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6978/

http://www.nessus.org/u?40d144a9

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 123411

File Name: suse_SU-2019-0747-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/27/2019

Updated: 9/10/2019

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, 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

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gd-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/26/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/27/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6977, CVE-2019-6978