Bug 2234970 (CVE-2022-40090)

Summary:	CVE-2022-40090 libtiff: infinite loop via a crafted TIFF file
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz <gsuckevi>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	bdettelb, caswilli, hkataria, jburrell, jsherril, kaycoth, kshier, nforro, rh-spice-bugs
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	libtiff 4.5.0	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the libtiff library. This issue allows an attacker who can submit a specially crafted file to an application linked with libtiff to cause an infinite loop, resulting in a denial of service.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2234972, 2234973, 2234975, 2234976, 2234977, 2234978, 2235769
Bug Blocks:	2234971

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-25 19:39:33 UTC

An issue was discovered in function TIFFReadDirectory libtiff before 4.4.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted TIFF file.

References:
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/455
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/386

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-25 19:57:28 UTC

Created libtiff tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2234972]


Created mingw-libtiff tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2234973]

Comment 3 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-29 17:05:08 UTC

Created iv tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2235769]

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2024-04-30 10:01:36 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2024:2289 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2289