Debian DSA-5108-1 : tiff - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 159229

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 10 / 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5108 advisory.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the libtiff library and the included tools, which may result in denial of service if malformed image files are processed. For the oldstable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u4. For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 4.2.0-1+deb11u1. We recommend that you upgrade your tiff packages. For the detailed security status of tiff please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/tiff

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

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

Solution

Upgrade the tiff packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 4.2.0-1+deb11u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 159229

File Name: debian_DSA-5108.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/25/2022

Updated: 1/24/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0891

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtiff-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, 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:10.0, 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: 3/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0561, CVE-2022-0562, CVE-2022-0865, CVE-2022-0891, CVE-2022-0907, CVE-2022-0908, CVE-2022-0909, CVE-2022-0924, CVE-2022-22844

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