SB2019112826 - Memory leak in tiff (Alpine package)
Published: November 28, 2019 Updated: May 21, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019112826
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.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=ca4e26abdf0af7b8d12c52909a22ba4855bfc304
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=035d2d008545b9061386ab12de0263222558a272
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=967440f6a760b0f6868ff91e77113a352f1335f7
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c99c0aa831ae95cde868a15fc9714c4e57ddca5a