SB2016070420 - Buffer overflow in tiff (Alpine package)
Published: July 4, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016070420
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8683)
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The putcontig8bitCIELab function in tif_getimage.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a packed TIFF image.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=7f2845dc97725af0dc4230433d9cb42a76c552db
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=975fe020cde058ed105ddc2f730983bd1a1263db
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=df6ff3e3449ac74fc39165229f9764d968aa58f4
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=557356d1f9bdccc73419c74dbdf5fc5a707b4e16