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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : libheif (SUSE-SU-2024:3960-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 210707

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3960-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2024-41311: Fixed out-of-bounds read and write in ImageOverlay:parse() due to decoding a heif file containing an overlay image with forged offsets (bsc#1231714).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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 affected gdk-pixbuf-loader-libheif, libheif-devel, libheif1 and / or libheif1-32bit packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1231714

http://www.nessus.org/u?286f84d0

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-41311

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 210707

File Name: suse_SU-2024-3960-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/9/2024

Updated: 1/21/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-41311

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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:libheif-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libheif1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gdk-pixbuf-loader-libheif

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: 11/8/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-41311

IAVB: 2024-B-0162-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:3960-1