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Debian dla-3297 : libtiff-dev - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 170881

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3297 advisory.

 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3297-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Utkarsh Gupta January 31, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : tiff Version : 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u6 CVE ID : CVE-2022-48281 Debian Bug : 1029653

 processCropSelections in tools/tiffcrop.c in LibTIFF, the Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library and tools, has a heap-based buffer overflow (e.g., WRITE of size 307203) via a crafted TIFF image.

 For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u6.

 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

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

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

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 libtiff-dev packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/tiff

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-48281

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/tiff

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 170881

File Name: debian_DLA-3297.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/31/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-48281

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:libtiff-dev, 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: 1/31/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48281