Cloud Foundry Foundation cflinuxfs3 update for LibTIFF



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2017-9937
CWE-ID CWE-119
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 cflinuxfs3
Other software / Other software solutions

Vendor Cloud Foundry Foundation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU69586

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9937

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the application.

The vulnerability exists due to a memory malloc failure in tif_jbig.c. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted TIFF file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

cflinuxfs3: All versions

CPE2.3 External links

https://github.com/cloudfoundry/cflinuxfs3/releases/tag/0.340.0


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.



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