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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 23.10 : LibTIFF vulnerabilities (USN-6644-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 190713

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6644-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the application to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-52356)

 It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain image files with the tiffcp utility. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause tiffcp to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-6228)

 It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the application to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-6277)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6644-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 190713

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6644-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/19/2024

Updated: 8/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-6277

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-52356

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtiff5-alt-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtiff-tools, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtiff4-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtiff6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtiff5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtiffxx5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtiff-opengl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtiffxx6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtiff-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtiff5

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52356, CVE-2023-6228, CVE-2023-6277

USN: 6644-1