SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : transfig (SUSE-SU-2021:2454-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 152022

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLES15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:2454-1 advisory.

Update to version 3.2.8, including fixes for

- CVE-2021-3561: overflow in fig2dev/read.c in function read_colordef() (bsc#1186329).
- CVE-2019-19797: out-of-bounds write in read_colordef in read.c (bsc#1159293).
- CVE-2019-19555: stack-based buffer overflow because of an incorrect sscanf (bsc#1161698).
- CVE-2019-19746: segmentation fault and out-of-bounds write because of an integer overflow via a large arrow type (bsc#1159130).
- CVE-2019-14275: stack-based buffer overflow in the calc_arrow function in bound.c (bsc#1143650).

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

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

Solution

Update the affected transfig package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 152022

File Name: suse_SU-2021-2454-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/23/2021

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3561

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:transfig

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: 7/22/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/26/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14275, CVE-2019-19555, CVE-2019-19746, CVE-2019-19797, CVE-2021-3561

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:2454-1

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