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Oracle Linux 8 : librsvg2 (ELSA-2020-4709)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 142798

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2020-4709 advisory.

 - In xml.rs in GNOME librsvg before 2.46.2, a crafted SVG file with nested patterns can cause denial of service when passed to the library for processing. The attacker constructs pattern elements so that the number of final rendered objects grows exponentially. (CVE-2019-20446)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected librsvg2, librsvg2-devel and / or librsvg2-tools packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-4709.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 142798

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-4709.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/12/2020

Updated: 11/13/2020

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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 Score Source: CVE-2019-20446

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:librsvg2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:librsvg2-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:librsvg2-tools

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20446