Buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2023-26966

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Buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2023-26966

Published: July 16, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU78287
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-26966
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the uv_encode() function. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted TIFF file to the application, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

LibTIFF
Amazon Linux AMI
Oracle Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
openSUSE Leap Micro
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Ubuntu
Basesystem Module
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
OpenShift Logging
Isolation Segment
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container
Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications
SQL Sentry
libtiff-tools (Ubuntu package)
libtiff5 (Ubuntu package)
libtiff5-32bit
libtiff5-debuginfo-32bit
libtiff5
libtiff5-debuginfo
tiff
tiff-debugsource
tiff-debuginfo
libtiff-devel
libtiff5-32bit-debuginfo
libtiff-devel-32bit
libtiff-help
libtiff-debuginfo
libtiff-debugsource
libtiff
libtiff (Red Hat package)
libtiff-static
libtiff-tools
libtiff-doc
libtiff6 (Ubuntu package)
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager

How to mitigate CVE-2023-26966

Install updates from vendor's website.

LibTIFF - update to 4.5.1
OpenShift Logging - update to 5.8.1
SQL Sentry - update to 2024.2
libtiff-tools (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.9, 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.5, 4.5.0-5ubuntu1.1
libtiff5 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.9, 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.5
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager - addressed in versions 2.7.25, 2.8.16, 2.9.12, 2.10.39
Isolation Segment - addressed in versions 2.11.38, 2.13.23, 3.0.16, 4.0.8
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs - addressed in versions 2.11.44, 2.13.26, 3.0.16, 4.0.8
libtiff5-32bit - addressed in versions 4.0.9-44.71.1, 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1
libtiff5-debuginfo-32bit - update to 4.0.9-44.71.1
libtiff5 - addressed in versions 4.0.9-44.71.1, 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1
libtiff5-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.0.9-44.71.1, 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1
tiff - addressed in versions 4.0.9-44.71.1, 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1
tiff-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.0.9-44.71.1, 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1
tiff-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.0.9-44.71.1, 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1
libtiff-devel - addressed in versions 4.0.9-44.71.1, 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1
libtiff5-32bit-debuginfo - update to 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1
libtiff-devel-32bit - update to 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1
libtiff-help - update to 4.3.0-14
libtiff-devel - update to 4.3.0-14
libtiff-debuginfo - update to 4.3.0-14
libtiff-debugsource - update to 4.3.0-14
libtiff - update to 4.3.0-14
libtiff - update to 4.4.0-4
libtiff (Red Hat package) - update to 4.4.0-10.el9
libtiff - update to 4.4.0-10.0.1
libtiff-devel - update to 4.4.0-10.0.1
libtiff-static - update to 4.4.0-10.0.1
libtiff-tools - update to 4.4.0-10.0.1
libtiff-doc - update to 4.4.0-10.0.1
libtiff6 (Ubuntu package) - update to 4.5.0-5ubuntu1.1
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.8.3
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container - addressed in versions 5.0.9, 9.1.0
Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications - update to 6.2

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