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GLSA-200608-07 : libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 22165

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200608-07 (libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team discovered several heap and stack-based buffer overflows and other flaws in libTIFF. The affected parts include the TIFFFetchShortPair(), TIFFScanLineSize() and EstimateStripByteCounts() functions, and the PixarLog and NeXT RLE decoders.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted TIFF file, resulting in the possible execution of arbitrary code.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All libTIFF users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/tiff-3.8.2-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200608-07

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22165

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200608-07.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Published: 8/7/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:tiff, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/2/2006

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Apple iOS MobileMail LibTIFF Buffer Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3459, CVE-2006-3460, CVE-2006-3461, CVE-2006-3462, CVE-2006-3463, CVE-2006-3464, CVE-2006-3465

BID: 19287

CWE: 189

GLSA: 200608-07