openSUSE 15 Security Update : abcm2ps (openSUSE-SU-2022:0100-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 159393

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:0100-1 advisory.

- abcm2ps v8.14.11 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds read in the function calculate_beam at draw.c.
(CVE-2021-32434)

- Stack-based buffer overflow in the function get_key in parse.c of abcm2ps v8.14.11 allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2021-32435)

- An out-of-bounds read in the function write_title() in subs.c of abcm2ps v8.14.11 allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2021-32436)

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 abcm2ps package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1197355

http://www.nessus.org/u?cad257c4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-32434

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-32435

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-32436

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 159393

File Name: openSUSE-2022-0100-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/1/2022

Updated: 11/3/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-32436

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:abcm2ps, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.3

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: 3/31/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-32434, CVE-2021-32435, CVE-2021-32436