Bug 1294427 (CVE-2015-8683)

Summary: CVE-2015-8683 libtiff: Out-of-bounds when reading CIE Lab image format files
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala <huzaifas>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: carnil, huzaifas, mhradile, phracek, sardella, slawomir
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Bug Depends On: 1299918, 1299919, 1299920, 1299921, 1335098, 1335099    
Bug Blocks: 1294418    

Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2015-12-28 08:00:34 UTC 
An out-bounds-read flaw was found in the way libtiff processed CIE Lab image format files. A attacker could create a specially-crafted CIE Lab image format files which could cause libtiff to crash.

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http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q4/583
Comment 3 Stefan Cornelius 2016-02-11 14:55:35 UTC 
Patch for this and bug#1294444:
https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/f94a29a822f5528d2334592760fbb7938f15eb55
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2016-08-02 16:41:09 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2016:1547 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2016-08-02 17:00:07 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2016:1546 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html