SUSE SLES12 Security Update : exiv2 (SUSE-SU-2022:4252-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 168254

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:4252-1 advisory.

- CVE-2019-13112: Fixed an uncontrolled memory allocation in PngChunk:parseChunkContent causing denial of service. (bsc#1142681)
- CVE-2021-37620: Fixed out-of-bounds read in XmpTextValue:read(). (bsc#1189332)
- CVE-2021-34334: Fixed a DoS due to integer overflow in loop counter. (bsc#1189338)
- CVE-2021-31291: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in jp2image.cpp may lead to a denial of service via crafted metadata (bsc#1188733).
- CVE-2021-32815: Fixed a deny-of-service due to assertion failure in crwimage_int.cpp (bsc#1189337).
- CVE-2018-20097: Fixed SEGV in Exiv2::Internal::TiffParserWorker::findPrimaryGroupsu (bsc#1119562).
- CVE-2021-29457: Fixed a heap buffer overflow when write metadata into a crafted image file (bsc#1185002).
- CVE-2021-29473: Fixed out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::Jp2Image:doWriteMetadata (bsc#1186231).

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 libexiv2-12 package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 168254

File Name: suse_SU-2022-4252-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/29/2022

Updated: 9/24/2025

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-2021-29457

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:libexiv2-12, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

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: 11/28/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20097, CVE-2019-13112, CVE-2021-29457, CVE-2021-29473, CVE-2021-32815, CVE-2021-34334, CVE-2021-37620

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:4252-1

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