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openSUSE Security Update : libtiff-devel (libtiff-devel-507)

high Nessus Plugin ID 40270

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

specially crafted tiff images could lead to allocating large amounts of memory therefore crashing applications that process such files (CVE-2008-1586).

Solution

Update the affected libtiff-devel packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=444079

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 40270

File Name: suse_11_1_libtiff-devel-090205.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libtiff-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libtiff-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libtiff3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libtiff3-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tiff, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/5/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1586

CWE: 399