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AlmaLinux 8 : libtiff (ALSA-2024:5079)

high Nessus Plugin ID 205209

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2024:5079 advisory.

 * libtiff: Heap-based buffer overflow in ChopUpSingleUncompressedStrip in tif_dirread.c (CVE-2018-15209)
 * libtiff: Buffer Overflow via /libtiff/tools/tiffcrop.c (CVE-2023-25433)
 * libtiff: heap-based buffer overflow in cpStripToTile() in tools/tiffcp.c (CVE-2023-6228)
 * libtiff: Segment fault in libtiff in TIFFReadRGBATileExt() leading to denial of service (CVE-2023-52356)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 libtiff, libtiff-devel and / or libtiff-tools packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-5079.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 205209

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2024-5079.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 8/8/2024

Updated: 8/8/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-15209

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libtiff, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libtiff-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libtiff-tools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/7/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/7/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-15209, CVE-2023-25433, CVE-2023-52356, CVE-2023-6228

CWE: 120, 122, 787