Out-of-Bounds Affecting libtiff-tools package, versions <0:4.0.3-25.el7_2


high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 3% (91st percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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Red Hat
3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-LIBTIFFTOOLS-1449343
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 25 Dec 2015

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 libtiff-tools to version 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:1546.

NVD Description

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

The putcontig8bitCIELab function in tif_getimage.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a packed TIFF image.