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CentOS 3 : libtiff (CESA-2010:0520)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 48341
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated libtiff packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
The libtiff packages contain a library of functions for manipulating Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) files.
Multiple integer overflow flaws, leading to a buffer overflow, were discovered in libtiff. An attacker could use these flaws to create a specially crafted TIFF file that, when opened, would cause an application linked against libtiff to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-1411)
An input validation flaw was discovered in libtiff. An attacker could use this flaw to create a specially crafted TIFF file that, when opened, would cause an application linked against libtiff to crash.
(CVE-2010-2598)
Red Hat would like to thank Apple Product Security for responsibly reporting the CVE-2010-1411 flaw, who credit Kevin Finisterre of digitalmunition.com for the discovery of the issue.
All libtiff users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. All running applications linked against libtiff must be restarted for this update to take effect.
Solution
Update the affected libtiff packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 48341
File Name: centos_RHSA-2010-0520.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 8/17/2010
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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: cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtiff, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtiff-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/16/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/17/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-1411, CVE-2010-2598
RHSA: 2010:0520