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SUSE SLED12: libjpeg-turbo / libjpeg62 / libjpeg62-32bit / libjpeg62-devel / etc (SUSE-SU-2021:1957-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 150728

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:1957-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2020-17541: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the 'transform' component (bsc#1186764).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186764

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-17541

http://www.nessus.org/u?63a9e6c9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 150728

File Name: suse_SU-2021-1957-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/12/2021

Updated: 6/25/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-17541

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjpeg62-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjpeg8, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjpeg8-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjpeg62-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjpeg-turbo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjpeg62-turbo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libturbojpeg0, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjpeg8-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libjpeg62

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-17541

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:1957-1