SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libpng16 (SUSE-SU-2016:0027-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 87861

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update fixes the following security issue :

 - CVE-2015-8126 Multiple buffer overflows in the png_set_PLTE and png_get_PLTE functions allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact [bsc#954980]

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-16=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2016-16=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-16=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-16=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-16=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2016-16=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=954980

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8126/

http://www.nessus.org/u?a0c93c81

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 87861

File Name: suse_SU-2016-0027-1.nasl

Version: 2.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/12/2016

Updated: 1/6/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpng16, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpng16-16, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpng16-16-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpng16-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/5/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8126