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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2013.0291
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2013-0291)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'libtiff' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2013-0291 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'libtiff' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2013-0291 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
A possible heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the readgifimage
function in gif2tiff, a tool to convert GIF images to TIFF. A remote
attacker could provide a specially-crafted GIF file that, when processed
by gif2tiff, would cause gif2tiff to crash or, potentially, execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running gif2tiff
(CVE-2013-4243).

Affected Software/OS:
'libtiff' package(s) on Mageia 2, Mageia 3.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-4243
54543
http://secunia.com/advisories/54543
54628
http://secunia.com/advisories/54628
62082
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62082
DSA-2744
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2744
GLSA-201701-16
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
RHSA-2014:0223
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0223.html
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2451
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=996052
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