NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libtiff-devel package, versions *


0.0
low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
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NVD
6.5 medium
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Red Hat
3.3 low
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SUSE
3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-LIBTIFFDEVEL-1939060
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 28 Oct 2018

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:8 libtiff-devel.

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 Centos:8. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is a NULL pointer dereference in the TIFFWriteDirectorySec function in tif_dirwrite.c that will lead to a denial of service attack, as demonstrated by tiffset.