A null pointer dereference flaw was found in Libtiff via `tif_dirinfo.c`. This issue may allow an attacker to trigger memory allocation failures through certain means, such as restricting the heap space size or injecting faults, causing a segmentation fault. This can cause an application crash, eventually leading to a denial of service.

According to the versions of the libtiff package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    A null pointer dereference flaw was found in Libtiff via `tif_dirinfo.c`. This issue may allow an attacker     to trigger memory allocation failures through certain means, such as restricting the heap space size or     injecting faults, causing a segmentation fault. This can cause an application crash, eventually leading to     a denial of service.(CVE-2024-7006)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS libtiff security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-9c84a7c963 advisory.

    - fix CVE-2024-7006 (rhbz#2302997)
    - fix CVE-2023-52356 (rhbz#2260112)
    - fix CVE-2023-6228 (rhbz#2251863)


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-720 advisory.

    libtiff: NULL pointer dereference in tif_dirinfo.c (CVE-2024-7006)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of libtiff installed on the remote host is prior to 4.0.3-35. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2639 advisory.

    libtiff: NULL pointer dereference in tif_dirinfo.c (CVE-2024-7006)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6997-2 advisory.

    USN-6997-1 fixed a vulnerability in LibTIFF. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu     14.04 LTS.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6997-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to     cause the application to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:6360 advisory.

    The libtiff packages contain a library of functions for manipulating Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)     files.

    Security Fix(es):

    * libtiff: NULL pointer dereference in tif_dirinfo.c (CVE-2024-7006)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3117-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-7006: Fixed null pointer dereference in tif_dirinfo.c (bsc#1228924)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3115-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-7006: Fixed null pointer dereference in tif_dirinfo.c (bsc#1228924)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An update of the libtiff package has been released.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2979-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-7006: Fixed null pointer dereference in tif_dirinfo.c (bsc#1228924)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of libtiff installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-7006 advisory.

  - A null pointer dereference flaw was found in Libtiff via `tif_dirinfo.c`. This issue May allow an attacker     to trigger memory allocation failures through certain means, such as restricting the heap space size or     injecting faults, causing a segmentation fault. This can cause an application crash, eventually leading to     a denial of service. (CVE-2024-7006)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
210255	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : libtiff (EulerOS-SA-2024-2789)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
210253	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : libtiff (EulerOS-SA-2024-2801)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
209644	Fedora 40 : libtiff (2024-9c84a7c963)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
208970	Amazon Linux 2023 : libtiff, libtiff-devel, libtiff-static (ALAS2023-2024-720)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
208410	EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : libtiff (EulerOS-SA-2024-2586)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
208319	EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : libtiff (EulerOS-SA-2024-2560)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
208114	Amazon Linux 2 : libtiff (ALAS-2024-2639)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
206998	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : LibTIFF vulnerability (USN-6997-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
206788	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : LibTIFF vulnerability (USN-6997-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
206620	RHEL 9 : libtiff (RHSA-2024:6360)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
206586	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : tiff (SUSE-SU-2024:3117-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
206562	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : tiff (SUSE-SU-2024:3115-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
206176	Photon OS 5.0: Libtiff PHSA-2024-5.0-0354	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
206175	Photon OS 3.0: Libtiff PHSA-2024-3.0-0784	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
206174	Photon OS 4.0: Libtiff PHSA-2024-4.0-0673	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
206003	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : tiff (SUSE-SU-2024:2979-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
205790	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: libtiff (CVE-2024-7006)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	high

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