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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-1916

medium Nessus Plugin ID 258556

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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.

 - A flaw was found in tiffcrop, a program distributed by the libtiff package. A specially crafted tiff file can lead to an out-of-bounds read in the extractImageSection function in tools/tiffcrop.c, resulting in a denial of service and limited information disclosure. This issue affects libtiff versions 4.x.
 (CVE-2023-1916)

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

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-1916

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-1916

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 258556

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2023_1916.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/30/2025

Updated: 9/25/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1916

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/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:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtiff-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtiff-tools, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtiff-tools, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtiff-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtiff, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtiff, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1916