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RHEL 8 : libwmf (RHSA-2019:2722)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 128852

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An update for libwmf is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link (s) in the References section.

The libwmf packages provide a library for reading and converting Windows Metafile Format (WMF) vector graphics. The library is used by applications such as GIMP and ImageMagick.

Security Fix(es) :

* gd: double free in the gdImage*Ptr in gd_gif_out.c, gd_jpeg.c, and gd_wbmp.c (CVE-2019-6978)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2722

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-6978

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 128852

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-2722.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/16/2019

Updated: 4/25/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6978

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwmf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwmf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwmf-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwmf-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwmf-lite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwmf-lite-debuginfo, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/10/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/28/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6978

RHSA: 2019:2722