Resource Exhaustion Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.85% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-TIFF-405694
  • published19 Jan 2018
  • disclosed19 Jan 2018

Introduced: 19 Jan 2018

CVE-2018-5784  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 tiff to version 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3 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.

In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is an uncontrolled resource consumption in the TIFFSetDirectory function of tif_dir.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tif file. This occurs because the declared number of directory entries is not validated against the actual number of directory entries.