SUSE SLED15: exiv2 / exiv2-lang / libexiv2-26 / libexiv2-26-32bit / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:4276-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 168309

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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 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:4276-1 advisory.

- CVE-2019-13110: Fixed an integer-overflow and out-of-bounds read in CiffDirectory:readDirectory leads to denail of service (bsc#1142678).
- CVE-2019-13109: Fixed a denial of service in PngImage:readMetadata (bsc#1142677).
- CVE-2018-17581: Fixed an excessive stack consumption CiffDirectory:readDirectory() at crwimage_int.cpp (bsc#1110282).
- CVE-2017-11591: Fixed a floating point exception in Exiv2::ValueType (bsc#1050257).
- CVE-2019-17402: Fixed an improper validation of the total size to the offset and size leads to a crash in Exiv2::getULong in types.cpp (bsc#1153577).
- 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-2021-29473: Fixed out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::Jp2Image:doWriteMetadata (bsc#1186231).
- CVE-2018-20098: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header (bsc#1119560).
- CVE-2018-11531: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in getData in preview.cpp (bsc#1095070).
- CVE-2018-20099: exiv2: infinite loop in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header (bsc#1119559).

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 168309

File Name: suse_SU-2022-4276-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/30/2022

Updated: 6/26/2026

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

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-11531

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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:libexiv2-26, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexiv2-devel

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: 11/29/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11591, CVE-2018-11531, CVE-2018-17581, CVE-2018-20097, CVE-2018-20098, CVE-2018-20099, CVE-2019-13109, CVE-2019-13110, CVE-2019-17402, CVE-2021-29473, CVE-2021-32815

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:4276-1

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