Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libtiff (MDVSA-2008:184)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 37814

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Drew Yao of the Apple Product Security Team reported multiple uses of uninitialized values in libtiff's LZW compression algorithm decoder.
An attacker could create a carefully crafted LZW-encoded TIFF file that would cause an application linked to libtiff to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code (CVE-2008-2327).

The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 37814

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2008-184.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libtiff3-devel, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007.1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64tiff3, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libtiff3-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libtiff3, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64tiff3-static-devel, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libtiff-progs, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64tiff3-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/3/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2327

BID: 30832

CWE: 119

MDVSA: 2008:184

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