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Echo: tiff: security update to 4.7.0-3+e4

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 460788

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF up to 4.7.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this
 vulnerability is the function t2p_read_tiff_init of the file tools/tiff2pdf.c of the component fax2ps. The
 manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be approached locally. The complexity
 of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The patch is named
 2ebfffb0e8836bfb1cd7d85c059cd285c59761a4. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
 (CVE-2024-13978)

Solution

Update the tiff library and its related packages to version 4.7.0-3+e4 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2024-13978

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 460788

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1

Temporal Score: 0.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-13978

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.5

Temporal Score: 2.3

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2

Threat Score: 1.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-13978