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Debian DSA-2561-1 : tiff - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62644

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that a buffer overflow in libtiff's parsing of files using PixarLog compression could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the tiff packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.9.4-5+squeeze6.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/tiff

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2561

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62644

File Name: debian_DSA-2561.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/22/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tiff, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/21/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4447

BID: 55673

DSA: 2561