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Debian DLA-1259-1 : tiff security update
medium Nessus Plugin ID 106409
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
A vulnerability has been discovered in the libtiff image processing library which may result in an application crash and denial of service.CVE-2017-18013
NULL pointer dereference via crafted TIFF image
For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 4.0.2-6+deb7u18.
We recommend that you upgrade your tiff packages.
NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Upgrade the affected packages.See Also
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00033.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 106409
File Name: debian_DLA-1259.nasl
Version: 3.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 1/29/2018
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtiff-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtiff-opengl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtiff-tools, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtiff5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtiff5-alt-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtiff5-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtiffxx5, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/27/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-18013