SB2019013025 - Fedora 29 update for libtiff
Published: January 30, 2019 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019013025
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-2019-6128)
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:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak in TIFFFdOpen function in tif_unix.c. A remote attacker can trigger memory leak and perform denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.