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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-9147

🗓️ 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus🔗 www.tenable.com👁 7 Views

Linux/Unix hosts have vulnerable LibTIFF package (CVE-2017-9147) with no vendor patch available.

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ReporterTitlePublishedViews
Family
0day.today		LibTIFF - _TIFFVGetField (tiffsplit) Out-of-Bounds Read Exploit
7 Jul 201700:00
–zdt
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: IBM Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot is affected by vulnerabilities in libTIFF
7 Dec 202322:45
–ibm
Cloud Foundry		USN-3606-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities | Cloud Foundry
2 May 201800:00
–cloudfoundry
Circl		CVE-2017-9147
6 Jul 201700:00
–circl
CNVD		Silicon Graphics LibTIFF Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2017-07742)
24 May 201700:00
–cnvd
CVE		CVE-2017-9147
22 May 201718:00
–cve
Cvelist		CVE-2017-9147
22 May 201718:00
–cvelist
Debian		[SECURITY] [DLA 983-1] tiff3 security update
13 Jun 201714:40
–debian
Debian		[SECURITY] [DLA 984-1] tiff security update
13 Jun 201714:40
–debian
Debian		[SECURITY] [DSA 3903-1] tiff security update
5 Jul 201720:57
–debian
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if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

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        "release": "5",
        "pkgs": [
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var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
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      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
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}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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