Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libtiff-tools package, versions <0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed28 Jan 2015
Introduced: 28 Jan 2015
CVE-2015-8870 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 libtiff-tools to version 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:0225.
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.
Integer overflow in tools/bmp2tiff.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read), or possibly obtain sensitive information from process memory, via crafted width and length values in RLE4 or RLE8 data in a BMP file.