Debian DSA-2084-1 : tiff - integer overflows

medium Nessus Plugin ID 48241

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Synopsis

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

Description

Kevin Finisterre discovered that several integer overflows in the TIFF library could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the tiff packages.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 3.8.2-11.3.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2084

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 48241

File Name: debian_DSA-2084.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/4/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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:debian:debian_linux:tiff, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/3/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-1411

BID: 40823

DSA: 2084