Out-of-bounds Write Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.3-12.3+deb8u1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-TIFF-405413
- published 13 Apr 2016
- disclosed 13 Apr 2016
Introduced: 13 Apr 2016
CVE-2015-8784 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8 tiff to version 4.0.3-12.3+deb8u1 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.
The NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in LibTIFF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by libtiff5.tif.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8784
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2508
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3467
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
- https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/b18012dae552f85dcc5c57d3bf4e997a15b1cc1c
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/24/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/24/8
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81696
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-8784
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2939-1
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