SB2012072207 - Input validation error in LibTIFF
Published: July 22, 2012 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012072207
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2113)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Multiple integer overflows in tiff2pdf in libtiff before 4.0.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted tiff image, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00010.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1054.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49493
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49686
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50726
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-02.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2552
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:101
- http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/v4.0.2.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54076
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=810551
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15083566