Out-of-Bounds Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.3-12.3+deb8u2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-TIFF-405803
- published 8 Jan 2016
- disclosed 8 Jan 2016
Introduced: 8 Jan 2016
CVE-2015-8668 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.
Heap-based buffer overflow in the PackBitsPreEncode function in tif_packbits.c in bmp2tiff in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a large width field in a BMP image.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8668
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537208/100/0/threaded
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135080/libtiff-4.0.6-Heap-Overflow.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-8668
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