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RockyLinux 8 : libtiff (RLSA-2024:8833)

high Nessus Plugin ID 210624

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2024:8833 advisory.

 * libtiff: NULL pointer dereference in tif_dirinfo.c (CVE-2024-7006)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:8833

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2302996

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 210624

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-8833.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 11/8/2024

Updated: 11/8/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-7006

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libtiff-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libtiff-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libtiff-tools, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libtiff-tools-debuginfo, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libtiff-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libtiff

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-7006