Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libtiff (MDVSA-2011:078)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 53542

Synopsis

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

Description

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in libtiff :

The libtiff OJPEG decoder contains a heap buffer overflow when decoding certain malformed data (CVE-2009-5022).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1999

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 53542

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2011-078.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Published: 4/25/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64tiff-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64tiff-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64tiff3, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libtiff-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libtiff-progs, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libtiff-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libtiff3, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.0, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.1

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/23/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-5022

BID: 47338

MDVSA: 2011:078