SB2019112826 - Memory leak in tiff (Alpine package) 



SB2019112826 - Memory leak in tiff (Alpine package)

Published: November 28, 2019 Updated: May 21, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2019112826
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6128)

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.