Vulnerability identifier: #VU43805
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
LibTIFF
Universal components / Libraries /
Libraries used by multiple products
Vendor: LibTIFF
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Multiple integer overflows in tiff2pdf in libtiff before 4.0.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted tiff image, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
LibTIFF: 3.4 - 4.0
External links
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00010.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1054.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49493
http://secunia.com/advisories/49686
http://secunia.com/advisories/50726
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-02.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2552
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:101
http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/v4.0.2.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54076
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=810551
http://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15083566
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.