CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: libtiff (CVE-2022-2056)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 172844

Synopsis

The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of libtiff installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2022-2056 advisory.

- Divide By Zero error in tiffcrop in libtiff 4.4.0 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file. For users that compile libtiff from sources, the fix is available with commit f3a5e010.
(CVE-2022-2056)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2056

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 172844

File Name: mariner_libtiff_CVE-2022-2056.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 3/20/2023

Updated: 8/29/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2056

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:libtiff, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:libtiff-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:libtiff-devel, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/12/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/30/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2056