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MiracleLinux 7 : libtiff-4.0.3-32.el7 (AXSA:2019-4125:01)

high Nessus Plugin ID 289250

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2019-4125:01 advisory.

 * libtiff: buffer overflow in gif2tiff (CVE-2016-3186)
 * libtiff: Heap-based buffer overflow in the cpSeparateBufToContigBuf function resulting in a denial of service or possibly code execution (CVE-2018-12900)
 * libtiff: Out-of-bounds write in tif_jbig.c (CVE-2018-18557)
 * libtiff: NULL pointer dereference in tif_print.c:TIFFPrintDirectory() causes a denial of service (CVE-2018-7456)
 * libtiff: heap-based buffer overflow in tif_lzw.c:LZWDecodeCompat() allows for denial of service (CVE-2018-8905)
 * libtiff: heap-based buffer over-read in TIFFWriteScanline function in tif_write.c (CVE-2018-10779)
 * libtiff: reachable assertion in TIFFWriteDirectorySec function in tif_dirwrite.c (CVE-2018-10963)
 * libtiff: Integer overflow in multiply_ms in tools/ppm2tiff.c (CVE-2018-17100)
 * libtiff: Two out-of-bounds writes in cpTags in tools/tiff2bw.c and tools/pal2rgb.c (CVE-2018-17101)
 * libtiff: tiff2bw tool failed memory allocation leads to crash (CVE-2018-18661)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux 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 libtiff and / or libtiff-devel packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/10583

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 289250

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2019-4125.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-8905

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:miracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libtiff-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libtiff

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3186, CVE-2018-10779, CVE-2018-10963, CVE-2018-12900, CVE-2018-17100, CVE-2018-17101, CVE-2018-18557, CVE-2018-18661, CVE-2018-7456, CVE-2018-8905