SB2017011337 - Out-of-bounds read in tiff (Alpine package)



SB2017011337 - Out-of-bounds read in tiff (Alpine package)

Published: January 13, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2017011337
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9297)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The TIFFFetchNormalTag function in LibTiff 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted TIFF_SETGET_C16ASCII or TIFF_SETGET_C32_ASCII tag values.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.