Out-of-bounds Write Affecting tiff package, versions <4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.12
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU2004-TIFF-6207543
- published 6 Feb 2024
- disclosed 25 Jan 2024
Introduced: 25 Jan 2024
CVE-2023-52356 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 tiff to version 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.12 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:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
A segment fault (SEGV) flaw was found in libtiff that could be triggered by passing a crafted tiff file to the TIFFReadRGBATileExt() API. This flaw allows a remote attacker to cause a heap-buffer overflow, leading to a denial of service.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2023-52356
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52356
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2251344
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/622
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/546
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00011.html
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