Improper Input Validation Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.3-12.3+deb8u3
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
1.4% (87th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-TIFF-405371
- published 9 Apr 2017
- disclosed 9 Apr 2017
How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8 tiff to version 4.0.3-12.3+deb8u3 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 Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
LibTIFF 4.0.7 has an "outside the range of representable values of type short" undefined behavior issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7599
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3844
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-27
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/01/libtiff-multiple-ubsan-crashes
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97505
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97508
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-7599
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/