Resource exhaustion in tiff (Alpine package)
| Risk | Low |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2018-5784 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-400 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
tiff (Alpine package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
| Vendor | Alpine Linux Development Team |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion
EUVDB-ID: #VU11500
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5784
CWE-ID:
CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the TIFFSetDirectory function of tif_dir.c due to the declared number of directory entries is not validated against the actual number of directory entries. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted tif file, trigger resource exhaustion and cause the service to crash.
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionstiff (Alpine package): 4.0.9-r0 - 4.0.9-r1
External linkshttp://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c1c8c5a78a149b9954517df485d61e66a73a93a4
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=332be619a78433b9c764c24921ce1c65be925706
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=39e7a41708bf7726f95f47c383c9af376504e3f7
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=d44bbad626a89045134ceddb388802b67aeb6cc3
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=e132e3f9bf008c2ec054305050040eb7d6958633
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=f8701de7f90a2ca4b4457a9607333faf24854030
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
