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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.844204
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4158-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'tiff' package(s) announced via the USN-4158-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'tiff' package(s) announced via the USN-4158-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed
images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially
crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

Affected Software/OS:
'tiff' package(s) on Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04.

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-2019-14973
Bugtraq: 20191104 [slackware-security] libtiff (SSA:2019-308-01) (Google Search)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/5
Bugtraq: 20200121 [SECURITY] [DSA 4608-1] tiff security update (Google Search)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/32
Debian Security Information: DSA-4608 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4608
Debian Security Information: DSA-4670 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4670
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ADNPG7JJTRRK22GUVTAFH3GJ6WGKUZJB/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/63BVT6N5KQPHWOWM4B3I7Z3ODBXUVNPS/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155095/Slackware-Security-Advisory-libtiff-Updates.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00031.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1561 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00102.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1840 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00023.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-17546
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LM5ZW7E3IEW7LT2BPJP7D3RN6OUOE3MX/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M3S4WNIMZ7XSLY2LD5FPRPZMGNUBVKOG/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-25
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16443
https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/commit/21674033ee246f698887604c7af7ba1962a40ddf
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/4bb584a35f87af42d6cf09d15e9ce8909a839145
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00027.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00020.html
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