SB2014062402 - Buffer overflow in tiff (Alpine package)
Published: June 24, 2014
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014062402
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4244)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The LZW decompressor in the gif2tiff tool in libtiff 4.0.3 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF image.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=6275bbb8fc87edb56770f3c6dcac494b56db826d
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=15d07e852bf2a8c9d22568a2fc4a8e54ba9c286a
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=04183d726989c362567d2c9e7da2d4d8810bd9b2
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=cab4b718abc4b3179498c45354d0adf651156789
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=f8520f3b2d6f8f6138a2073fdf539024ab39c929