Bug 1529524 (CVE-2017-17942)

Summary:	CVE-2017-17942 libtiff: Heap-based buffer overflow in PackBitsEncode function in tif_packbits.c
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	erik-fedora, mike, nforro, phracek, tgl
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Hardware:	All
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Bug Depends On:	1529525, 1529526, 1529527, 1529528
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2017-12-28 14:07:59 UTC

A flaw was foung in LibTIFF 4.0.9. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function PackBitsEncode in tif_packbits.c that could lead to information disclosure and denial of service.

Upstream bug:

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2767

Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2017-12-28 14:08:56 UTC

Created libtiff tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1529528]


Created mingw-libtiff tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1529526]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1529525]