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openSUSE Security Update : libexif (openSUSE-2020-264)

high Nessus Plugin ID 134194

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libexif fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2019-9278: Fixed an integer overflow (bsc#1160770).

 - CVE-2018-20030: Fixed a denial of service by endless recursion (bsc#1120943).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected libexif packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1120943

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1160770

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 134194

File Name: openSUSE-2020-264.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/2/2020

Updated: 3/6/2020

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

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9278

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:opensuse:libexif-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexif-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexif-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexif12, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexif12-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexif12-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexif12-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.1

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: 3/1/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20030, CVE-2019-9278