SuSE 11.2 / 11.3 Security Update : libtiff (SAT Patch Numbers 8384 / 8385)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70794

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This tiff update fixes several security issues.

- tiff: buffer overflows/use after free problem.
(bnc#834477: CVE-2013-4232 / CVE-2013-4231)

- libtiff (gif2tiff): heap-based buffer overflow in readgifimage(). (bnc#834779: CVE-2013-4243)

- libtiff (gif2tiff): OOB Write in LZW decompressor.
(bnc#834788: CVE-2013-4244)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 8384 / 8385 as appropriate.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=834477

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=834779

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=834788

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4231.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4232.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4243.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4244.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70794

File Name: suse_11_libtiff-devel-130927.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/8/2013

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libtiff3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libtiff3-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:tiff, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/27/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4231, CVE-2013-4232, CVE-2013-4243, CVE-2013-4244