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MDKSA-2004:109: libtiff

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the libtiff package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory MDKSA-2004:109 (libtiff).

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the libtiff package:
Chris Evans discovered several problems in the RLE (run length encoding)
decoders that could lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2004-0803) Matthias
Clasen discovered a division by zero through an integer overflow.
(CVE-2004-0804)
Dmitry V. Levin discovered several integer overflows that caused malloc issues
which can result to either plain crash or memory corruption. (CVE-2004-0886)

Solution : http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:109
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security

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