SuSE 11.1 Security Update : libtiff (SAT Patch Number 6106)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 58775

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update of tiff fixes an issue where specially crafted tiff files could have triggered an integer overflow which would have lead to a heap-based buffer overflow. (CVE-2012-1173)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 6106.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=753362

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1173.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 58775

File Name: suse_11_libtiff-devel-120405.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/18/2012

Updated: 1/19/2021

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libtiff3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libtiff3-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:tiff, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/5/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1173