Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libtiff-devel package, versions <0:4.0.3-32.34.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-LIBTIFFDEVEL-1719498
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed7 May 2018

Introduced: 7 May 2018

CVE-2018-10779  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 libtiff-devel to version 0:4.0.3-32.34.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2019-1306.

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.

TIFFWriteScanline in tif_write.c in LibTIFF 3.8.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read, as demonstrated by bmp2tiff.