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Oracle Linux 5 : libtiff (ELSA-2009-1159)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 67892

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2009-1159 advisory.

 - Fix buffer overrun risks caused by unchecked integer overflow (CVE-2009-2347) Resolves: #507725
 - Fix some more LZW decoding vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-2285) Resolves: #507725

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libtiff and / or libtiff-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2009-1159.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 67892

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1159.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-2347

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libtiff, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libtiff-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/16/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2285, CVE-2009-2347

BID: 35451, 35652

RHSA: 2009:1159