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NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.02 : compat-libtiff3 Vulnerability (NS-SA-2024-0055)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 206840

Synopsis

The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.02, has compat-libtiff3 packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

 - A heap use-after-free vulnerability was found in LibTIFF's tiffcrop utility in the loadImage() function.
 This flaw allows an attacker to pass a crafted TIFF image file to the tiffcrop utility, which causes an out-of-bounds write access, resulting in an application crash, eventually leading to a denial of service.
 (CVE-2023-26965)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL compat-libtiff3 packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

See Also

https://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2023-26965

https://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2024-0055

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 206840

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2024-0055_compat-libtiff3.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 9/10/2024

Updated: 9/10/2024

Supported Sensors: 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-2023-26965

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:zte:cgsl_main:compat-libtiff3, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:6

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/3/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-26965