CentOS 3 / 4 : libtiff (CESA-2006:0425)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21900

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated libtiff packages that fix several security flaws are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The libtiff package contains a library of functions for manipulating TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) image format files.

An integer overflow flaw was discovered in libtiff. An attacker could create a carefully crafted TIFF file in such a way that it could cause an application linked with libtiff to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2006-2025)

A double free flaw was discovered in libtiff. An attacker could create a carefully crafted TIFF file in such a way that it could cause an application linked with libtiff to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2006-2026)

Several denial of service flaws were discovered in libtiff. An attacker could create a carefully crafted TIFF file in such a way that it could cause an application linked with libtiff to crash.
(CVE-2006-2024, CVE-2006-2120)

All users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported fixes for these issues.

Solution

Update the affected libtiff packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b3d5791f

http://www.nessus.org/u?1fab6779

http://www.nessus.org/u?80aed1ef

http://www.nessus.org/u?3db898e8

http://www.nessus.org/u?e193f496

http://www.nessus.org/u?21d6ee2d

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21900

File Name: centos_RHSA-2006-0425.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/3/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtiff, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtiff-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/25/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2024, CVE-2006-2025, CVE-2006-2026, CVE-2006-2120

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2006:0425