SUSE SLED15: libtiff-devel / libtiff-devel-32bit / libtiff5 / libtiff5-32bit / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:4259-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 168250

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:4259-1 advisory.

- CVE-2022-3597: Fixed out-of-bounds write in _TIFFmemcpy in libtiff/tif_unix.c (bnc#1204641).
- CVE-2022-3599: Fixed out-of-bounds read in writeSingleSection in tools/tiffcrop.c (bnc#1204643).
- CVE-2022-3626: Fixed out-of-bounds write in _TIFFmemset in libtiff/tif_unix.c (bnc#1204644)
- CVE-2022-3627: Fixed out-of-bounds write in _TIFFmemcpy in libtiff/tif_unix.c (bnc#1204645).
- CVE-2022-3970: Fixed unsigned integer overflow in TIFFReadRGBATileExt() (bnc#1205392).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 168250

File Name: suse_SU-2022-4259-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/29/2022

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.58

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3970

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: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tiff, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtiff5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtiff-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtiff5-32bit

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/28/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3597, CVE-2022-3599, CVE-2022-3626, CVE-2022-3627, CVE-2022-3970

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:4259-1

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