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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : tiff vulnerability (USN-1120-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55078

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that the TIFF library incorrectly handled certain JPEG data. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted TIFF image, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges, or crash the application, leading to a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected libtiff4 package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1120-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55078

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1120-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2011

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtiff4, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/21/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/3/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-5022

BID: 47338

USN: 1120-1