SB2014062401 - Code Injection in tiff (Alpine package)
Published: June 24, 2014
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014062401
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) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4243)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in a crafted height and width values in a GIF image. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=6275bbb8fc87edb56770f3c6dcac494b56db826d
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=15d07e852bf2a8c9d22568a2fc4a8e54ba9c286a
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=04183d726989c362567d2c9e7da2d4d8810bd9b2
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=cab4b718abc4b3179498c45354d0adf651156789
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=f8520f3b2d6f8f6138a2073fdf539024ab39c929