NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.10-r0
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE315-TIFF-1928849
- published28 Oct 2018
- disclosed26 Oct 2018
Introduced: 26 Oct 2018
CVE-2018-18661 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.15 tiff to version 4.0.10-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tiff package and not the tiff package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.15 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in LibTIFF 4.0.9. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function LZWDecode in the file tif_lzw.c.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18661
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18661
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2819
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00027.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2053
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105762
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-18661
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3864-1/