Memory Leak Affecting libtiff5 package, versions <4.0.9-150000.45.32.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-LIBTIFF5-6049223
  • published7 Nov 2023
  • disclosed6 Nov 2023

Introduced: 6 Nov 2023

CVE-2023-3576  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 libtiff5 to version 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff5 package and not the libtiff5 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

A memory leak flaw was found in Libtiff's tiffcrop utility. This issue occurs when tiffcrop operates on a TIFF image file, allowing an attacker to pass a crafted TIFF image file to tiffcrop utility, which causes this memory leak issue, resulting an application crash, eventually leading to a denial of service.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1