Debian Security Advisory DSA 2256-1 (tiff)

The remote host is missing an update to tiff announced via advisory DSA 2256-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb22561.nasl 6613 2017-07-07 12:08:40Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 2256-1 tiff Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2011 E-Soft Inc...

Debian DSA-2256-1 : tiff - buffer overflow

Tavis Ormandy discovered that the Tag Image File Format TIFF library is vulnerable to a buffer overflow triggered by a crafted OJPEG file which allows for a crash and potentially execution of arbitrary code. The oldstable distribution lenny is not affected by this problem. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...