Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : tiff vulnerabilities (USN-3212-4)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 102258

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

USN-3212-1 fixed several issues in LibTIFF. This update provides a subset of corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Mei Wang discovered a multiple integer overflows in LibTIFF which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image, which triggers an out-of-bounds write. (CVE-2016-3945)

It was discovered that LibTIFF is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow in the resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted BitsPerSample value. (CVE-2017-5225)

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

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Solution

Update the affected libtiff-tools and / or libtiff4 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 102258

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3212-4.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 8/8/2017

Updated: 1/12/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtiff4, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtiff-tools

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/7/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3945, CVE-2017-5225

USN: 3212-4

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