Numeric Errors Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.3-12.3+deb8u2
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
1.87% (89th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-TIFF-405646
- published 23 Jan 2017
- disclosed 23 Jan 2017
Introduced: 23 Jan 2017
CVE-2016-6223 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 TIFFReadRawStrip1 and TIFFReadRawTile1 functions in tif_read.c in libtiff before 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information via a negative index in a file-content buffer.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6223
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
- http://libtiff.maptools.org/v4.0.7.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91741
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-6223