SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : libcaca (SUSE-SU-2019:0770-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 123446

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for libcaca fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2018-20544: Fixed a floating point exception at caca/dither.c (bsc#1120502)

CVE-2018-20545: Fixed a WRITE memory access in the load_image function at common-image.c for 4bpp (bsc#1120584)

CVE-2018-20546: Fixed a READ memory access in the get_rgba_default function at caca/dither.c for bpp (bsc#1120503)

CVE-2018-20547: Fixed a READ memory access in the get_rgba_default function at caca/dither.c for 24bpp (bsc#1120504)

CVE-2018-20548: Fixed a WRITE memory access in the load_image function at common-image.c for 1bpp (bsc#1120589)

CVE-2018-20549: Fixed a WRITE memory access in the caca_file_read function at caca/file.c (bsc#1120470)

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 Module for Server Applications 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-2019-770=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-2019-770=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 123446

File Name: suse_SU-2019-0770-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/28/2019

Updated: 1/13/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:caca-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:caca-utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcaca-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcaca-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcaca-ruby, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcaca-ruby-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcaca0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcaca0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcaca0-plugins, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcaca0-plugins-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 3/27/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/28/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20544, CVE-2018-20545, CVE-2018-20546, CVE-2018-20547, CVE-2018-20548, CVE-2018-20549

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