SB2017011329 - Out-of-bounds read in tiff (Alpine package)
Published: January 13, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017011329
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) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3658)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The TIFFWriteDirectoryTagLongLong8Array function in tif_dirwrite.c in the tiffset tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via vectors involving the ma variable.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.