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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libtiff (MDVSA-2013:219)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 69467
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Synopsis
The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated libtiff packages fix security vulnerabilities :Pedro Ribeiro discovered a buffer overflow flaw in rgb2ycbcr, a tool to convert RGB color, greyscale, or bi-level TIFF images to YCbCr images, and multiple buffer overflow flaws in gif2tiff, a tool to convert GIF images to TIFF. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted TIFF or GIF file that, when processed by rgb2ycbcr and gif2tiff respectively, would cause the tool to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the tool (CVE-2013-4231).
Pedro Ribeiro discovered a use-after-free flaw in the t2p_readwrite_pdf_image\(\) function in tiff2pdf, a tool for converting a TIFF image to a PDF document. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted TIFF file that, when processed by tiff2pdf, would cause tiff2pdf to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running tiff2pdf (CVE-2013-4232).
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 69467
File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2013-219.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks
Published: 8/25/2013
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64tiff-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64tiff-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64tiff5, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libtiff-progs, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/23/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-4231, CVE-2013-4232
MDVSA: 2013:219