SB2013110601 - Input validation error in tiff (Alpine package)
Published: November 6, 2013
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013110601
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4231)
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted (1) extension block in a GIF image or (2) GIF raster image to tools/gif2tiff.c or (3) a long filename for a TIFF image to tools/rgb2ycbcr.c.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=6275bbb8fc87edb56770f3c6dcac494b56db826d
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=15d07e852bf2a8c9d22568a2fc4a8e54ba9c286a
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=04183d726989c362567d2c9e7da2d4d8810bd9b2
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=cab4b718abc4b3179498c45354d0adf651156789
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=29d86741795ddd90d536174b6acea65bf5cc5388
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=cd3a7514e340084f017101da89b5326147c44b2d
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=ad16e3c11d5b4f238fc7f4dac00bda218326f68e