Buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2023-38288

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Buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2023-38288

Published: August 16, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU79581
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-2023-38288
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 readSeparateTilesIntoBuffer() function in tools/tiffcp.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data 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
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
openSUSE Leap Micro
Ubuntu
Basesystem Module
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
libtiff-tools (Ubuntu package)
libtiff5 (Ubuntu package)
tiff-debuginfo
libtiff5-32bit
tiff-debugsource
tiff
libtiff5-debuginfo
libtiff5
libtiff5-debuginfo-32bit
libtiff-devel
libtiff5-32bit-debuginfo
libtiff-devel-32bit
libtiff-help
libtiff
libtiff-debuginfo
libtiff-debugsource
libtiff-tools
libtiff-static
libtiff6 (Ubuntu package)
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager
Isolation Segment
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
Datacap

How to mitigate CVE-2023-38288

Install updates from vendor's website.

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
tiff-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.0.9-44.71.1, 4.0.9-150000.45.32.1
libtiff5-32bit - 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 - 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
libtiff5 - 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
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 - addressed in versions 4.3.0-16, 4.3.0-30
libtiff - addressed in versions 4.3.0-16, 4.3.0-30
libtiff-devel - addressed in versions 4.3.0-16, 4.3.0-30
libtiff-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.3.0-16, 4.3.0-30
libtiff-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.3.0-16, 4.3.0-30
libtiff-tools - update to 4.3.0-30
libtiff-static - update to 4.3.0-30
libtiff6 (Ubuntu package) - update to 4.5.0-5ubuntu1.1
Datacap - update to 9.1.9.0.4

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