SB20240613131 - SUSE update for tiff 



SB20240613131 - SUSE update for tiff

Published: June 13, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB20240613131
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3164)

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the extractImageSection() function in tools/tiffcrop.c. A local attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted data, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.