SB2017011335 - Division by zero in tiff (Alpine package)
Published: January 13, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017011335
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5323)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to divide-by-zero error within The _TIFFFax3fillruns function in libtiff before 4.0.6. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted Tiff image.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.