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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : colord (SUSE-SU-2025:4483-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 279359

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2025:4483-1 advisory.

 - Rework fix for CVE-2021-42523 to avoid invalid pointer error during certain installations (bsc#1250750).

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 libcolord-devel, libcolord2, libcolord2-32bit and / or libcolorhug2 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1202802

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1250750

http://www.nessus.org/u?70d37be7

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-42523

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 279359

File Name: suse_SU-2025-4483-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/19/2025

Updated: 12/19/2025

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-42523

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcolord-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcolord2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcolorhug2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcolord2-32bit

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: 12/18/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-42523

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:4483-1