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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : LibTIFF regression (USN-2553-2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 82525

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2553-2 advisory.

 USN-2553-1 fixed vulnerabilities in LibTIFF. One of the security fixes caused a regression when saving certain TIFF files with a Predictor tag. The problematic patch has been temporarily backed out until a more complete fix is available.

 We apologize for the inconvenience.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2553-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 82525

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2553-2.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/2/2015

Updated: 10/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtiff-opengl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtiff-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtiff4-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtiff5-alt-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtiff5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtiff5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtiffxx5

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/1/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2015

Reference Information

BID: 71789, 72323, 72326, 72352, 72353, 73441

USN: 2553-2