Detections
Analytics
Fedora Core 4 : libtiff-3.7.1-6.fc4.2 (2006-591)
high Nessus Plugin ID 24116
Synopsis
The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.Description
The tiffsplit command contained code that handled fixed-size buffers insecurely, possibly leading to stack overflows.This problem is fixed in the updated package.
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected libtiff, libtiff-debuginfo and / or libtiff-devel packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 24116
File Name: fedora_2006-591.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 1/17/2007
Updated: 1/11/2021
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: High
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:4, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libtiff, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libtiff-devel, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libtiff-debuginfo
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 5/25/2006
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2006-2656