NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.6-1ubuntu0.6
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- published25 Sept 2018
- disclosed13 Sept 2018
Introduced: 13 Sep 2018
CVE-2018-17000 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 tiff to version 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.6 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tiff package and not the tiff package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 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
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-17000
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4670
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00026.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17000
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2811
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00041.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105342
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-1/