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FreeBSD : tiff -- tiffdump integer overflow vulnerability (8f86d8b5-6025-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19028

Synopsis

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

Description

Dmitry V. Levin found a potential integer overflow in the tiffdump utility which could lead to execution of arbitrary code. This could be exploited by tricking an user into executing tiffdump on a specially crafted tiff image.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?afb389cd

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19028

File Name: freebsd_pkg_8f86d8b5602511d9a9e70001020eed82.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:freebsd:freebsd:linux-tiff, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tiff, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 1/6/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/6/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1183