NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libtiff5-32bit package, versions <4.0.9-5.27.5
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-SLES150-LIBTIFF532BIT-2754002
- published 14 Apr 2022
- disclosed 28 Mar 2019
Introduced: 28 Mar 2019
CVE-2018-17000 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.0 libtiff5-32bit to version 4.0.9-5.27.5 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff5-32bit package and not the libtiff5-32bit package as distributed by SLES.
See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.
A NULL pointer dereference in the function _TIFFmemcmp at tif_unix.c (called from TIFFWriteDirectoryTagTransferfunction) in LibTIFF 4.0.9 allows an attacker to cause a denial-of-service through a crafted tiff file. This vulnerability can be triggered by the executable tiffcp.
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17000.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108606
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1115717
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1125113
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2811
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105342
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00026.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-1/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00041.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4670