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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-52355

🗓️ 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Linux hosts have unpatched CVE-2023-52355 vulnerability in libtiff, exposing denial of service risk.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(227328);
  script_version("1.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/05/21");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-52355");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-52355");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.

  - An out-of-memory flaw was found in libtiff that could be triggered by passing a crafted tiff file to the
    TIFFRasterScanlineSize64() API. This flaw allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a
    crafted input with a size smaller than 379 KB. (CVE-2023-52355)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-52355");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-52355");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-52355");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"There is no known solution at this time.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-52355");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/01/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/03/05");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gdal");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neuron");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qtwebengine-opensource-src");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:texmaker");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tiff");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:compat-libtiff3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtiff");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtiff-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtiff-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tiff");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:compat-libtiff3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtiff");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtiff-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtiff-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Misc.");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025-2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("set_linux_os_id.nasl", "ssh_get_info2.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/OS/identifier", "Host/cpu", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "global_settings/vendor_unpatched");
  script_require_ports("Host/OS/CentOS Linux-8", "Host/OS/Debian Linux-11", "Host/OS/Debian Linux-12", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-10", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-14.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-16.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-18.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-20.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-22.04");

  exit(0);
}

if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
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/Debian/dpkg-l")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Debian Linux-12": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "12",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libtiff-dev"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-doc"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-opengl"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-tools"},
          {"reference": "libtiff5-dev"},
          {"reference": "libtiff6"},
          {"reference": "libtiffxx6"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-11": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "11",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libtiff-dev"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-doc"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-opengl"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-tools"},
          {"reference": "libtiff5"},
          {"reference": "libtiff5-dev"},
          {"reference": "libtiffxx5"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-14.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gdal"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-doc"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-opengl"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-tools"},
          {"reference": "libtiff4-dev"},
          {"reference": "libtiff5"},
          {"reference": "libtiff5-alt-dev"},
          {"reference": "libtiff5-dev"},
          {"reference": "libtiffxx5"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-16.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "16.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gdal"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-doc"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-opengl"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-tools"},
          {"reference": "libtiff5"},
          {"reference": "libtiff5-dev"},
          {"reference": "libtiffxx5"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-18.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "18.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libtiff-dev"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-doc"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-opengl"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-tools"},
          {"reference": "libtiff5"},
          {"reference": "libtiff5-dev"},
          {"reference": "libtiffxx5"},
          {"reference": "neuron"},
          {"reference": "qtwebengine-opensource-src"},
          {"reference": "texmaker"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-20.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "20.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libtiff-dev"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-doc"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-opengl"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-tools"},
          {"reference": "libtiff5"},
          {"reference": "libtiff5-dev"},
          {"reference": "libtiffxx5"},
          {"reference": "neuron"},
          {"reference": "qtwebengine-opensource-src"},
          {"reference": "texmaker"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-22.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "22.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libtiff-dev"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-doc"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-opengl"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-tools"},
          {"reference": "libtiff5"},
          {"reference": "libtiff5-dev"},
          {"reference": "libtiffxx5"},
          {"reference": "neuron"},
          {"reference": "qtwebengine-opensource-src"},
          {"reference": "texmaker"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "CentOS Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "compat-libtiff3"},
          {"reference": "libtiff"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-devel"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-tools"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "compat-libtiff3"},
          {"reference": "libtiff"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-devel"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-tools"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-10": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "10",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libtiff"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-devel"},
          {"reference": "libtiff-tools"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

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))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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21 May 2026 00:00Current
6.4Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.4
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.01725
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