Improper Input Validation Affecting libtiff package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
8.16% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-LIBTIFF-1975056
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed29 Jun 2017

Introduced: 29 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-10688  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 libtiff.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff package and not the libtiff package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a assertion abort in the TIFFWriteDirectoryTagCheckedLong8Array function in tif_dirwrite.c. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.