SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : zxing-cpp (SUSE-SU-2022:0157-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 157090

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0157-1 advisory.

- CVE-2021-28021: Fixed buffer overflow vulnerability in function stbi__extend_receive in stb_image.h via a crafted JPEG file. (bsc#1191743).
- CVE-2021-42715: Fixed buffer overflow in stb_image PNM loader (bsc#1191942).
- CVE-2021-42716: Fixed denial of service in stb_image HDR loader when reading crafted HDR files (bsc#1191944).

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 libZXing1 and / or zxing-cpp-devel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 157090

File Name: suse_SU-2022-0157-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/26/2022

Updated: 6/26/2026

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: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

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-2021-28021

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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:libzxing1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:zxing-cpp-devel, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 1/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-28021, CVE-2021-42715, CVE-2021-42716

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:0157-1

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