Out-of-Bounds Affecting libtiff-devel package, versions <0:4.0.3-27.29.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.94% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-LIBTIFFDEVEL-1704979
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed22 Nov 2016

Introduced: 22 Nov 2016

CVE-2016-9535  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 libtiff-devel to version 0:4.0.3-27.29.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2017-802.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff-devel package and not the libtiff-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

tif_predict.h and tif_predict.c in libtiff 4.0.6 have assertions that can lead to assertion failures in debug mode, or buffer overflows in release mode, when dealing with unusual tile size like YCbCr with subsampling. Reported as MSVR 35105, aka "Predictor heap-buffer-overflow."