NULL pointer dereference in fig2dev - CVE-2021-32280

Vulnerability identifier: #VU112018

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-32280

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the compute_closed_spline() function in trans_spline.c. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

fig2dev
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
HPE Helion Openstack
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension
openEuler
Anolis OS
transfig
transfig-debugsource
transfig-debuginfo
transfig-help
transfig-doc

Install update from vendor's website.

fig2dev - update to 3.2.8
transfig - update to 3.2.6a-7
transfig-debugsource - update to 3.2.6a-7
transfig-debuginfo - update to 3.2.6a-7
transfig-help - update to 3.2.6a-7
transfig - addressed in versions 3.2.8b-2.20.1, 3.2.8b-4.15.1, 3.2.8b-160.16.2
transfig-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.2.8b-2.20.1, 3.2.8b-4.15.1, 3.2.8b-160.16.2
transfig-debugsource - addressed in versions 3.2.8b-2.20.1, 3.2.8b-4.15.1, 3.2.8b-160.16.2
transfig - update to 3.2.9-1
transfig-doc - update to 3.2.9-1

• https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/fig2dev/ci/f17a3b8a7d54c1bc56ab92512531772a0b3ec991/
• https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/tickets/107/

• Multiple vulnerabilities in fig2dev
• openEuler update for transfig
• SUSE update for transfig
• SUSE update for transfig
• SUSE update for transfig
• Anolis OS update for transfig