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Debian DSA-626-1 : tiff - unsanitised input

medium Nessus Plugin ID 16104

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Dmitry V. Levin discovered a buffer overflow in libtiff, the Tag Image File Format library for processing TIFF graphics files. Upon reading a TIFF file it is possible to crash the application, and maybe also to execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the libtiff package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.5.5-6.woody5.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-626

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 16104

File Name: debian_DSA-626.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/6/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tiff, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/6/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/6/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1183

DSA: 626