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Improper Input Validation Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.9-5

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.86% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-TIFF-405762
  • published26 Jul 2017
  • disclosed26 Jul 2017
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Introduced: 26 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-11613  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable tiff to version 4.0.9-5 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a denial of service vulnerability in the TIFFOpen function. A crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack. During the TIFFOpen process, td_imagelength is not checked. The value of td_imagelength can be directly controlled by an input file. In the ChopUpSingleUncompressedStrip function, the _TIFFCheckMalloc function is called based on td_imagelength. If we set the value of td_imagelength close to the amount of system memory, it will hang the system or trigger the OOM killer.