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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2017.0398
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2017-0398)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'mingw-SDL2, sdl2' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2017-0398 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'mingw-SDL2, sdl2' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2017-0398 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Yves Younan of Cisco Talos discovered an exploitable integer overflow
vulnerability when creating a new RGB Surface in SDL 2.0.x before
version 2.0.7. A specially crafted file can cause an integer overflow
resulting in too little memory being allocated which can lead to a
buffer overflow and potential code execution. An attacker can provide a
specially crafted image file to trigger this vulnerability
(CVE-2017-2888).

Affected Software/OS:
'mingw-SDL2, sdl2' package(s) on Mageia 5, Mageia 6.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-2888
BugTraq ID: 101215
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101215
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0395
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00031.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4143-1/
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