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Debian DSA-617-1 : tiff - insufficient input validation

critical Nessus Plugin ID 16048

Synopsis

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

Description

'infamous41md' discovered a problem in libtiff, the Tag Image File Format library for processing TIFF graphics files. Upon reading a TIFF file it is possible to allocate a zero sized buffer and write to it which would lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the libtiff packages immediately.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.5.5-6.woody3.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-617

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 16048

File Name: debian_DSA-617.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/27/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tiff, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/24/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/21/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1307, CVE-2004-1308

DSA: 617