Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.841216
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1631-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'tiff' package(s) announced via the USN-1631-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'tiff' package(s) announced via the USN-1631-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed images using the PixarLog compression format. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted TIFF image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2012-4447) Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala discovered that the ppm2tiff tool incorrectly handled certain malformed PPM images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PPM image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2012-4564) Affected Software/OS: 'tiff' package(s) on Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10. 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-2012-4447 49938 http://secunia.com/advisories/49938 51049 http://secunia.com/advisories/51049 55673 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55673 DSA-2561 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2561 RHSA-2012:1590 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1590.html USN-1631-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1631-1 [oss-security] 20120925 CVE Request: libtiff: Heap-buffer overflow when processing a TIFF image with PixarLog Compression http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/25/9 [oss-security] 20120925 Re: CVE Request: libtiff: Heap-buffer overflow when processing a TIFF image with PixarLog Compression http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/25/14 http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/v4.0.3.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=860198 openSUSE-SU-2013:0187 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00076.html Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-4564 51133 http://secunia.com/advisories/51133 56372 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56372 86878 http://www.osvdb.org/86878 DSA-2575 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2575 [oss-security] 20121102 Re: libtiff: Missing return value check in ppm2tiff leading to heap-buffer overflow when reading a tiff file http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/7 [oss-security] 20121102 libtiff: Missing return value check in ppm2tiff leading to heap-buffer overflow when reading a tiff file http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/3 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871700 libtiff-ppm2tiff-bo(79750) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79750
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG

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