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CentOS 5 / 6 : libtiff (CESA-2012:1054)

high Nessus Plugin ID 59838

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated libtiff packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

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.

libtiff did not properly convert between signed and unsigned integer values, leading to a buffer overflow. 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 or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-2088)

Multiple integer overflow flaws, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, were found in the tiff2pdf tool. An attacker could use these flaws to create a specially crafted TIFF file that would cause tiff2pdf to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2012-2113)

All libtiff users should 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

http://www.nessus.org/u?903fe624

http://www.nessus.org/u?92aa260f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 59838

File Name: centos_RHSA-2012-1054.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/5/2012

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2088

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtiff-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtiff-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtiff

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/22/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2088, CVE-2012-2113

BID: 54076

RHSA: 2012:1054