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GLSA-200410-11 : tiff: Buffer overflows in image decoding

high Nessus Plugin ID 15472

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200410-11 (tiff: Buffer overflows in image decoding)

 Chris Evans found heap-based overflows in RLE decoding routines in tif_next.c, tif_thunder.c and potentially tif_luv.c.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to view a carefully crafted TIFF image file, which would potentially lead to execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user viewing the image. This affects any program that makes use of the tiff library, including GNOME and KDE web browsers or mail readers.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All tiff library users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=media-libs/tiff-3.6.1-r2' # emerge '>=media-libs/tiff-3.6.1-r2' xv makes use of the tiff library and needs to be recompiled to receive the new patched version of the library. All xv users should also upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=media-gfx/xv-3.10a-r8' # emerge '>=media-gfx/xv-3.10a-r8'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200410-11

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15472

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200410-11.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Published: 10/14/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:tiff, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:xv, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0803

GLSA: 200410-11