Out-of-bounds Read Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.3-12.3+deb8u2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-TIFF-405626
- published 7 Mar 2017
- disclosed 7 Mar 2017
Introduced: 7 Mar 2017
CVE-2016-5315 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8 tiff to version 4.0.3-12.3+deb8u2 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 setByteArray function in tif_dir.c in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted tiff image.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5315
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5315
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/15/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1346694
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91204
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-5315
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