SB2025030107 - SUSE update for tiff

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SB2025030107 - SUSE update for tiff

Published: March 1, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025030107
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25435)

CWE-ID: CWE-120 - Buffer overflow

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to buffer overflow in the extractContigSamplesShifted8bits() at /libtiff/tools/tiffcrop.c:3753. A local unauthenticated attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file and perform a denial of service attack.


2) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52356)

CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input within the TIFFReadRGBATileExt() API. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted TIFF file to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References