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RHEL 4 : libtiff (RHSA-2005:035)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 17169

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated libtiff packages that fix various integer overflows are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

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.

infamous41md discovered integer overflow flaws 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 overflow a heap buffer when the file was opened by a victim. Due to the nature of the overflow it is unlikely that it is possible to use this flaw to execute arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-1308 to this issue.

Dmitry V. Levin discovered an integer overflow flaw 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. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-1183 to this issue.

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

Solution

Update the affected libtiff and / or libtiff-devel packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-1183

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-1308

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:035

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 17169

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-035.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/22/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtiff, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtiff-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/6/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1183, CVE-2004-1308

RHSA: 2005:035