1294417 – (CVE-2015-7554) CVE-2015-7554 libtiff: Invalid-write in _TIFFVGetField() when parsing some extension tags

Bug 1294417 (CVE-2015-7554) - CVE-2015-7554 libtiff: Invalid-write in _TIFFVGetField() when parsing some extension tags

Summary: CVE-2015-7554 libtiff: Invalid-write in _TIFFVGetField() when parsing some ex...

Keywords:
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA
Alias:	CVE-2015-7554
Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability
Sub Component:
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Priority:	medium
Severity:	medium
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security
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Duplicates (1):	CVE-2016-10095 (view as bug list)
Depends On:	1299918 1299919 1299920 1299921 1335098 1335099
Blocks:	1294418 1410122
TreeView+	depends on / blocked

Reported:	2015-12-28 07:05 UTC by Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala
Modified:	2020-03-11 15:00 UTC (History)
CC List:	8 users (show)
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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2016-10-13 09:25:34 UTC
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System	ID	Private	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2016:1546	0	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: libtiff security update	2016-08-02 20:59:03 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2016:1547	0	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: libtiff security update	2016-08-02 20:39:45 UTC

Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2015-12-28 07:05:49 UTC

An Invalid memory write flaw was found in libtiff in the way it parsed certain extension tags when reading TIFF format files. An attacker could use this flaw to crash or even execute arbitrary code with the permission of the user running such an application compiled against libtiff.

Reference:

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2015/Dec/137

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2016-08-02 16:40:56 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 10 errata-xmlrpc 2016-08-02 16:59:55 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

Comment 11 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2017-01-16 06:30:18 UTC

*** Bug 1410063 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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