Improper input validation in LibTIFF - CVE-2017-11613
Published: April 3, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11494
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11613
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the TIFFOpen function due to improper checking of td_imagelength during the TIFFOpen process. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in the TIFFOpen function due to improper checking of td_imagelength during the TIFFOpen process. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.
Affected software
LibTIFF
Arch Linux
Debian Linux
Ubuntu
Opensuse
Fedora
tiff (Alpine package)
openSUSE Leap
libtiff5 (Ubuntu package)
libtiff-tools (Ubuntu package)
libtiff
Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot
Arch Linux
Debian Linux
Ubuntu
Opensuse
Fedora
tiff (Alpine package)
openSUSE Leap
libtiff5 (Ubuntu package)
libtiff-tools (Ubuntu package)
libtiff
Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot
How to mitigate CVE-2017-11613
Install update from vendor's website.
tiff (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 4.0.9-r5, 4.0.9-r6
libtiff5 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9, 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4, 4.0.8-5ubuntu0.1
libtiff-tools (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9, 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4, 4.0.8-5ubuntu0.1
libtiff - addressed in versions 4.0.9-10.fc27, 4.0.9-10.fc28
Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot - update to dsyte2z-9.65
libtiff5 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9, 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4, 4.0.8-5ubuntu0.1
libtiff-tools (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9, 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4, 4.0.8-5ubuntu0.1
libtiff - addressed in versions 4.0.9-10.fc27, 4.0.9-10.fc28
Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot - update to dsyte2z-9.65
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Multiple vulnerabilities in LibTIFF
- OpenSUSE Linux update for tiff
- OpenSUSE Linux update for tiff
- Arch Linux update for libtiff
- Arch Linux update for lib32-libtiff
- Debian update for tiff
- OpenSUSE Linux update for tiff
- Improper input validation in tiff (Alpine package)
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot
- Fedora 27 update for libtiff
- Fedora 28 update for libtiff
- Ubuntu update for tiff