RHEL 4 / 5 : libtiff (RHSA-2010:0519)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 47872
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated libtiff packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
The libtiff packages contain a library of functions for manipulating Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) files.
Multiple integer overflow flaws, leading to a buffer overflow, were discovered in libtiff. An attacker could use these flaws to create a specially crafted TIFF file that, when opened, would cause an application linked against libtiff to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-1411)
Multiple input validation flaws were discovered in libtiff. An attacker could use these flaws to create a specially crafted TIFF file that, when opened, would cause an application linked against libtiff to crash. (CVE-2010-2481, CVE-2010-2483, CVE-2010-2595, CVE-2010-2597)
Red Hat would like to thank Apple Product Security for responsibly reporting the CVE-2010-1411 flaw, who credit Kevin Finisterre of digitalmunition.com for the discovery of the issue.
All libtiff users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. All running applications linked against libtiff must be restarted for this update to take effect.
Solution
Update the affected libtiff and / or libtiff-devel packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-1411
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-2481
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-2483
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-2595
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-2597
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 47872
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2010-0519.nasl
Version: 1.20
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 7/28/2010
Updated: 1/14/2021
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC: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, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/17/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-1411, CVE-2010-2481, CVE-2010-2483, CVE-2010-2595, CVE-2010-2597, CVE-2010-4665
RHSA: 2010:0519