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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.841820
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2205-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'tiff' package(s) announced via the USN-2205-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'tiff' package(s) announced via the USN-2205-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Pedro Ribeiro discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain
malformed images when using the gif2tiff tool. If a user or automated
system were tricked into opening a specially crafted GIF image, a remote
attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubunu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 13.10.
(CVE-2013-4231)

Pedro Ribeiro discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain
malformed images when using the tiff2pdf tool. 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. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubunu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 13.10.
(CVE-2013-4232)

Murray McAllister discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain
malformed images when using the gif2tiff tool. If a user or automated
system were tricked into opening a specially crafted GIF image, a remote
attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2013-4243)

Huzaifa Sidhpurwala discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain
malformed images when using the gif2tiff tool. If a user or automated
system were tricked into opening a specially crafted GIF image, a remote
attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubunu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 13.10.
(CVE-2013-4244)

Affected Software/OS:
'tiff' package(s) on Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 14.04.

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-2013-4231
54543
http://secunia.com/advisories/54543
54628
http://secunia.com/advisories/54628
61695
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61695
DSA-2744
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2744
RHSA-2014:0223
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0223.html
[oss-security] 20130809 Re: CVE Request -- Four (stack-based) buffer overflows and one use-after-free in libtiff v4.0.3 reported by Pedro Ribeiro
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/10/2
[tiff] 20130801 Vulnerabilities in libtiff 4.0.3
http://www.asmail.be/msg0055359936.html
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2450
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=995965
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-4232
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2449
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=995975
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-4243
62082
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62082
GLSA-201701-16
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2451
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=996052
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-4244
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2452
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=996468
https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/ce6841d9e41d621ba23cf18b190ee6a23b2cc833
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