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Debian DSA-1835-1 : tiff - several vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 44700
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the library for the Tag Image File Format (TIFF). The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :- CVE-2009-2285 It was discovered that malformed TIFF images can lead to a crash in the decompression code, resulting in denial of service.
- CVE-2009-2347 Andrea Barisani discovered several integer overflows, which can lead to the execution of arbitrary code if malformed images are passed to the rgb2ycbcr or tiff2rgba tools.
Solution
Upgrade the tiff packages.For the old stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 3.8.2-7+etch3.
For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 3.8.2-11.2.
See Also
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534137
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2285
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 44700
File Name: debian_DSA-1835.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 2/24/2010
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 7.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tiff, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0
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: 7/15/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-2285, CVE-2009-2347