GLSA-201904-15 : libTIFF: Denial of service

high Nessus Plugin ID 124071

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201904-15 (libTIFF: Denial of service)

Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.
Impact :

Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All tiff users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/tiff-4.0.10'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-15

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 124071

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201904-15.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 4/16/2019

Updated: 5/27/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:tiff, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/15/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/22/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-18557

GLSA: 201904-15