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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-3462

Original release date:08/03/2006
Last revised:10/17/2011
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Heap-based buffer overflow in the NeXT RLE decoder in the TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors involving decoding large RLE images.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:7.5 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA06-214A
Name: TA06-214A
Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1137
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1137
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-558
Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-558
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-4034
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4034
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-3486
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3486
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-3105
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3105
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-3101
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-330-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-330-1
External Source: BID
Name: 19289
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289
External Source: BID
Name: 19282
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19282
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2006:0648
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0648.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2006:0603
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0603.html
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 27726
Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/27726
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2006:044
Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_44_libtiff.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2006:137
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:137
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2006:136
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:136
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200608-07
Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-07.xml
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-166.htm
Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-166.htm
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 201331
Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201331-1
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 103160
Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103160-1
External Source: SLACKWARE
Name: SSA:2006-230
Hyperlink:http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.536600
External Source: SLACKWARE
Name: SSA:2006-230
Hyperlink:http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.536600
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1016671
Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1016671
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1016628
Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1016628
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27832
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27832
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27222
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27222
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27181
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27181
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22036
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22036
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21632
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21632
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21598
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21598
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21537
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21537
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21501
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21501
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21392
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21392
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21370
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21370
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21346
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21346
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21338
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21338
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21334
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21334
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21319
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21319
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21304
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21304
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21290
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21290
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21274
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21274
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21253
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21253
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11301
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11301
External Source: TRUSTIX
Name: 2006-0044
Hyperlink:http://lwn.net/Alerts/194228/
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2006-08-01
Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
External Source: MISC
Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304063
Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304063
External Source: SGI
Name: 20060901-01-P
Hyperlink:ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.asc
External Source: SGI
Name: 20060801-01-P
Hyperlink:ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060801-01-P

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11301
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11301

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:libtiff:libtiff:3.8.1 and previous versions
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)
CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3462