Debian DSA-3467-1 : tiff - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 88601

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Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been found in tiff, a Tag Image File Format library. Multiple out-of-bounds read and write flaws could cause an application using the tiff library to crash.

Solution

Upgrade the tiff packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 4.0.2-6+deb7u5.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 4.0.3-12.3+deb8u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 88601

File Name: debian_DSA-3467.nasl

Version: 2.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/8/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tiff, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8665, CVE-2015-8683, CVE-2015-8781, CVE-2015-8782, CVE-2015-8783, CVE-2015-8784

DSA: 3467

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