Out-of-bounds Read Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.3-12.3+deb8u2
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0.57% (79th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-TIFF-405987
- published 3 Oct 2016
- disclosed 3 Oct 2016
Introduced: 3 Oct 2016
CVE-2016-3621 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 LZWEncode function in tif_lzw.c in the bmp2tiff tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier, when the "-c lzw" option is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via a crafted BMP image.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3621
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3621
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2565
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/07/3
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035508
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