Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libtiff-static package, versions <0:4.0.3-32.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-LIBTIFFSTATIC-2537786
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed16 Sept 2018

Introduced: 16 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-17101  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 libtiff-static to version 0:4.0.3-32.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-2053.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff-static package and not the libtiff-static package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in LibTIFF 4.0.9. There are two out-of-bounds writes in cpTags in tools/tiff2bw.c and tools/pal2rgb.c, which can cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image file.