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RHEL 4 : libtiff (RHSA-2006:0425)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 21365
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for libtiff.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2006:0425 advisory.The libtiff package contains a library of functions for manipulating TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) image format files.
An integer overflow flaw was discovered in libtiff. An attacker could create a carefully crafted TIFF file in such a way that it could cause an application linked with libtiff to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2006-2025)
A double free flaw was discovered in libtiff. An attacker could create a carefully crafted TIFF file in such a way that it could cause an application linked with libtiff to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2006-2026)
Several denial of service flaws were discovered in libtiff. An attacker could create a carefully crafted TIFF file in such a way that it could cause an application linked with libtiff to crash. (CVE-2006-2024, CVE-2006-2120)
All users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported fixes for these issues.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 RHEL libtiff package based on the guidance in RHSA-2006:0425.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?f8dec8e3
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=189933
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 21365
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2006-0425.nasl
Version: 1.25
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 5/13/2006
Updated: 11/4/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.6
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2006-2026
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
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2006-2120
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtiff, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtiff-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2006
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/25/2006
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2006-2024, CVE-2006-2025, CVE-2006-2026, CVE-2006-2120
RHSA: 2006:0425