Debian DSA-1054-1 : tiff - several vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22596

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Tavis Ormandy discovered several vulnerabilities in the TIFF library that can lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2006-2024 Multiple vulnerabilities allow attackers to cause a denial of service.

- CVE-2006-2025 An integer overflow allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.

- CVE-2006-2026 A double-free vulnerability allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the libtiff packages.

For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 3.5.5-7woody1.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 3.7.2-3sarge1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22596

File Name: debian_DSA-1054.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tiff, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2024, CVE-2006-2025, CVE-2006-2026

BID: 17730, 17732, 17733

CWE: 119

DSA: 1054

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