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CentOS 9 : libjpeg-turbo-2.0.90-5.el9

high Nessus Plugin ID 191149

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for libjpeg-turbo.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the libjpeg- turbo-2.0.90-5.el9 build changelog.

 - Out of bounds read in libjpeg-turbo in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.54 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2021-37972)

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 CentOS 9 Stream libjpeg-turbo package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=14503

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 191149

File Name: centos9_libjpeg-turbo-2_0_90-5.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/29/2024

Updated: 4/26/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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-2021-37972

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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: cpe:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libjpeg-turbo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libjpeg-turbo-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libjpeg-turbo-utils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:turbojpeg, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:turbojpeg-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/1/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-37972