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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : openexr (SUSE-SU-2019:2043-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 127763

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for openexr fixes the following issues :

CVE-2017-14988: Fixed a denial of service in Header::readfrom() (bsc#1061305).

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 Open Buildservice Development Tools 15-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-SP1-2019-2043=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-2019-2043=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1:zypper in
-t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP1-2019-2043=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-2019-2043=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1061305

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14988/

http://www.nessus.org/u?944107aa

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 127763

File Name: suse_SU-2019-2043-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/12/2019

Updated: 1/13/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libilmimf-2_2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libilmimf-2_2-23, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libilmimf-2_2-23-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libilmimf-2_2-23-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libilmimfutil-2_2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libilmimfutil-2_2-23, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libilmimfutil-2_2-23-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libilmimfutil-2_2-23-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openexr, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openexr-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openexr-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openexr-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openexr-doc, 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: 8/2/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/3/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14988