Fedora Core 2 : libtiff-3.5.7-21.fc2 (2004-576)

high Nessus Plugin ID 16032

Synopsis

The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix several buffer overflow problems that could be used as an exploit.
Fixes the following security advisory: CVE-2004-1308

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected libtiff package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 16032

File Name: fedora_2004-576.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 12/23/2004

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:2, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libtiff

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/22/2004

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2004-576

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