SB20170807109 - Memory leak in tiff (Alpine package)
Published: August 7, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB20170807109
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9936)
CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.
The weakness exits due to memory leak in tif_jbig.c. A remote attacker can send specially crafted TIFF file and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=3b0fbd0f00a8c02d42425aea32792329cc8ed65c
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=51070ff952c1adf89a89b3724e439af394ef5be8
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=5f9bcf7a51095dbf5d8c428955ac76df7e29515a
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=7338960fae68775e49b2aea277b0e90c6c8f6165