Summary
The remote host is missing an update to libtiff
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:169.
Solution
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:169
Insight
Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in libtiff:
Buffer underflow in the LZWDecodeCompat function in libtiff 3.8.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted TIFF image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2327 (CVE-2009-2285).
Fix several places in tiff2rgba and rgb2ycbcr that were being careless about possible integer overflow in calculation of buffer sizes (CVE-2009-2347).
This update provides fixes for these vulnerabilities.
Affected: Enterprise Server 5.0
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-2327, CVE-2009-2285, CVE-2009-2347 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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