SuSE 11.1 Security Update : libtiff (SAT Patch Number 4397)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 53588

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VPR Score: 5.9

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The following bugs have been fixed :

 - Specially crafted tiff files could cause a heap-based buffer overflow in the thunder-decoder. (CVE-2011-1167)

 - Directories with a large number of files could cause an integer overflow in the tiffdump tool (CVE-2010-4665)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 4397.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599475

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=682871

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=683337

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=687442

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4665.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1167.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 53588

File Name: suse_11_libtiff-devel-110415.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/29/2011

Updated: 1/19/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

VPR Score: 5.9

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libtiff3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libtiff3-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:tiff, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/15/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4665, CVE-2011-1167