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Debian DSA-2589-1 : tiff - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 63273

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Synopsis

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

Description

The tiff library for handling TIFF image files contained a stack-based buffer overflow, potentially allowing attackers who can submit such files to a vulnerable system to execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the tiff packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.9.4-5+squeeze8.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=694693

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2589

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 63273

File Name: debian_DSA-2589.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/17/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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: 12/16/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5581

BID: 56715

DSA: 2589