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MDKSA-2005:143: kdegraphics

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the kdegraphics package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory MDKSA-2005:143 (kdegraphics).

Wouter Hanegraaff discovered that the TIFF library did not sufficiently
validate the 'YCbCr subsampling' value in TIFF image headers. Decoding a
malicious image with a zero value resulted in an arithmetic exception, which
can cause a program that uses the TIFF library to crash.

Kdegraphics < 3.3 uses an embedded libtiff source tree for kfax, and as such
has the same vulnerability.

The updated packages are patched to protect against this vulnerability.

Solution : http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:143
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Tenable Network Security

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