Improper Input Validation Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
8.16% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-TIFF-405877
  • published29 Jun 2017
  • disclosed29 Jun 2017

Introduced: 29 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-10688  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (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 4.0.8, there is a assertion abort in the TIFFWriteDirectoryTagCheckedLong8Array function in tif_dirwrite.c. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.