SB2017050116 - Division by zero in tiff (Alpine package)
Published: May 1, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017050116
Severity
Medium
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) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10266)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to divide-by-zero error within LibTIFF 4.0.7. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted TIFF image, related to libtiff/tif_read.c:351:22.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=6fc5e083a79961213cb7151c39372e5dee115a45
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=ff2e7d109f90f775c735acb314bf37b0008f428c
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=a07d9f929286a0f3ccf9ea20f55c62b03f91c4c4
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=fa18ed2287bf127951d71bdf233db44b1e923739