Bug 1516189 – CVE-2017-16232 libtiff: Memory leaks in tif_open.c, tif_lzw.c, and tif_aux.c

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Bug 1516189 - (CVE-2017-16232) CVE-2017-16232 libtiff: Memory leaks in tif_open.c, tif_lzw.c, and tif_aux.c

Summary:	CVE-2017-16232 libtiff: Memory leaks in tif_open.c, tif_lzw.c, and tif_aux.c

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2017-16232

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Hardware:	All Linux

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Depends On:	1474372 1474373 1474374
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Reported:	2017-11-22 03:55 EST by Andrej Nemec
Modified:	2017-11-22 03:56 EST (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-11-22 03:55:22 EST

LibTIFF 4.0.8 has multiple memory leak vulnerabilities, which allow local attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted file.

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http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/164

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-11-22 03:56:07 EST

Created libtiff tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1474373]


Created mingw-libtiff tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1474372]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1474374]

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