Debian DLA-2777-1 : tiff - LTS security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 153844

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-2777 advisory.

- Buffer Overflow in LibTiff v4.0.10 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via the invertImage() function in the component tiffcrop. (CVE-2020-19131)

- Buffer Overflow in LibTiff v4.0.10 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via the 'in _TIFFmemcpy' funtion in the component 'tif_unix.c'. (CVE-2020-19144)

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

Solution

Upgrade the tiff packages.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 4.0.8-2+deb9u7.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 153844

File Name: debian_DLA-2777.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/3/2021

Updated: 11/29/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-19131

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtiff5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtiff5-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtiff-opengl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtiff-tools, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtiff-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtiffxx5

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/3/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/7/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-19131, CVE-2020-19144

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