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openSUSE Security Update : exiv2 (exiv2-267)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 39958

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of exiv2 solves a denial of service bug that can be triggered by using crafted metadata. (CVE-2008-2696)

Solution

Update the affected exiv2 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435509

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 39958

File Name: suse_11_0_exiv2-081022.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:exiv2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexiv2-2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexiv2-2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexiv2-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2696

CWE: 189