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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-1056
medium Nessus Plugin ID 230081
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Synopsis
The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.Description
The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.- Out-of-bounds Read error in tiffcrop in libtiff 4.3.0 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 46dc8fcd.
(CVE-2022-1056)
Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.
Solution
There is no known solution at this time.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 230081
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2022_1056.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 3/5/2025
Updated: 8/18/2025
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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-2022-1056
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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:debian:debian_linux:tiff, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:compat-libtiff3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:compat-libtiff3, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtiff, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtiff, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/28/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-1056