FreeBSD : tiff -- out-of-bounds read in CIE Lab image format (b65e4914-b3bc-11e5-8255-5453ed2e2b49)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 87748

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

zzf of Alibaba discovered an out-of-bounds vulnerability in the code processing the LogLUV and CIE Lab image format files. An attacker could create a specially crafted TIFF file that could cause libtiff to crash.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/25/2

http://www.nessus.org/u?b71e357e

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 87748

File Name: freebsd_pkg_b65e4914b3bc11e582555453ed2e2b49.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Published: 1/6/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-c6-tiff, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-f10-tiff, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tiff, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 1/5/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/25/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8683