SB2018110638 - Integer overflow in tiff (Alpine package)



SB2018110638 - Integer overflow in tiff (Alpine package)

Published: November 6, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018110638
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17100)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to int32 overflow when insufficient validation of user-supplied input processed by the multiply_ms() function, as defined in the tools/ppm2tiff.c source code file. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trick the victim into opening or executing an image file that submits malicious input to the targeted system. A successful exploit could trigger memory corruption and cause the affected software to crash, resulting in a DoS condition.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.