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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2024.0786.1
Category:SuSE Local Security Checks
Title:SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2024:0786-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'giflib' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2024:0786-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'giflib' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2024:0786-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
This update for giflib fixes the following issues:

Update to version 5.2.2

* Fixes for CVE-2023-48161 (bsc#1217390), CVE-2022-28506 (bsc#1198880)
* #138 Documentation for obsolete utilities still installed
* #139: Typo in 'LZW image data' page ('110_2 = 4_10')
* #140: Typo in 'LZW image data' page ('LWZ')
* #141: Typo in 'Bits and bytes' page ('filed')
* Note as already fixed SF issue #143: cannot compile under mingw
* #144: giflib-5.2.1 cannot be build on windows and other platforms using c89
* #145: Remove manual pages installation for binaries that are not installed too
* #146: [PATCH] Limit installed man pages to binaries, move giflib to section 7
* #147 [PATCH] Fixes to doc/whatsinagif/ content
* #148: heap Out of Bound Read in gif2rgb.c:298 DumpScreen2RGB
* Declared no-info on SF issue #150: There is a denial of service vulnerability in GIFLIB 5.2.1
* Declared Won't-fix on SF issue 149: Out of source builds no longer possible
* #151: A heap-buffer-overflow in gif2rgb.c:294:45
* #152: Fix some typos on the html documentation and man pages
* #153: Fix segmentation faults due to non correct checking for args
* #154: Recover the giffilter manual page
* #155: Add gifsponge docs
* #157: An OutofMemory-Exception or Memory Leak in gif2rgb
* #158: There is a null pointer problem in gif2rgb
* #159 A heap-buffer-overflow in GIFLIB5.2.1 DumpScreen2RGB() in gif2rgb.c:298:45
* #163: detected memory leaks in openbsd_reallocarray giflib/openbsd-reallocarray.c
* #164: detected memory leaks in GifMakeMapObject giflib/gifalloc.c
* #166: a read zero page leads segment fault in getarg.c and memory leaks in gif2rgb.c and gifmalloc.c
* #167: Heap-Buffer Overflow during Image Saving in DumpScreen2RGB Function at Line 321 of gif2rgb.c

Affected Software/OS:
'giflib' package(s) on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15-SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15-SP4.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.1

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-40633
https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/157/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-28506
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KEAFUZXOOJJVFYRQM6IIJ7LMLEKCCESG/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B4CJSHXBD2RS5OJNWSHQZVMTQCCTIPYS/
https://github.com/verf1sh/Poc/blob/master/asan_report_giflib.png
https://github.com/verf1sh/Poc/blob/master/giflib_poc
https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/159/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-48161
https://github.com/tacetool/TACE#cve-2023-48161
https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/167/
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