Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libtiff-debugsource package, versions <0:4.0.9-32.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.45% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-LIBTIFFDEBUGSOURCE-7781999
  • published22 Aug 2024
  • disclosed8 Aug 2018

Introduced: 8 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-15209  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 libtiff-debugsource to version 0:4.0.9-32.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:5079.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff-debugsource package and not the libtiff-debugsource package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

ChopUpSingleUncompressedStrip in tif_dirread.c in LibTIFF 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF file, as demonstrated by tiff2pdf.