SB2025012713 - IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data update for LibTIFF



SB2025012713 - IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data update for LibTIFF

Published: January 27, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025012713
Severity
Medium
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) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-7006)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in tif_dirinfo.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.