RHEL 8 : cairo and pixman (RHSA-2022:1961)

high Nessus Plugin ID 161039

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for cairo / pixman.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:1961 advisory.

- cairo: libreoffice slideshow aborts with stack smashing in cairo's composite_boxes (CVE-2020-35492)

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 RHEL cairo / pixman packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:1961.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 161039

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-1961.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/11/2022

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-35492

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cairo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cairo-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cairo-gobject, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cairo-gobject-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-35492

CWE: 787

RHSA: 2022:1961

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