Input validation error in LibTIFF - CVE-2010-4665
Published: May 3, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45091
CSH Severity: Medium
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-2010-4665
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Integer overflow in the ReadDirectory function in tiffdump.c in tiffdump in LibTIFF before 3.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF file containing a directory data structure with many directory entries.
Affected software
LibTIFF
Ubuntu
libtiff4 (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
libtiff4 (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2010-4665
Install update from vendor's website.
libtiff4 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 3.8.2-7ubuntu3.10, 3.9.2-2ubuntu0.8, 3.9.4-2ubuntu0.5, 3.9.4-5ubuntu6.1, 3.9.5-1ubuntu1.1
External References
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2218
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058478.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/12/10
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44271
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50726
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-02.xml
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1416-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2552
- http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/v3.9.5.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47338
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695887