SB2017011321 - Out-of-bounds read in tiff (Alpine package)
Published: January 13, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017011321
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9273)
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
tiffsplit in libtiff 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted file, related to changing td_nstrips in TIFF_STRIPCHOP mode.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=6fc5e083a79961213cb7151c39372e5dee115a45
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=fa18ed2287bf127951d71bdf233db44b1e923739
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=581c640515472337e42489148e40baae123a09db
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=e4001acbab4517d0749da58afc46cf7973a32ed7