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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : libtiff (ELSA-2012-1590)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 68667

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-1590 advisory.

 - Still more fixes to make test case for CVE-2012-5581 work on all platforms Resolves: #885310
 - Fix incomplete patch for CVE-2012-3401
 - Add libtiff-tiffinfo-exif.patch so that our test case for CVE-2012-5581 works with pre-4.0.2 libtiff Resolves: #885310

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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, libtiff-devel and / or libtiff-static packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-1590.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 68667

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-1590.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2012-5581

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libtiff, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libtiff-static, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libtiff-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3401, CVE-2012-4447, CVE-2012-4564, CVE-2012-5581

BID: 54601, 55673, 56372, 56715

RHSA: 2012:1590