Bug 1524284 (CVE-2017-17095) - CVE-2017-17095 libtiff: Heap-based buffer overflow in tools/pal2rgb.c can lead to denial of service
Summary: CVE-2017-17095 libtiff: Heap-based buffer overflow in tools/pal2rgb.c can lea...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-17095
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1524285 1526899 1910611
Blocks: 1524288
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-12-11 07:13 UTC by Sam Fowler
Modified: 2025-05-16 01:42 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2017-12-18 07:24:17 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2025:4668 0 None None None 2025-05-07 13:01:37 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2025:4790 0 None None None 2025-05-12 07:42:23 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2025:4795 0 None None None 2025-05-12 10:03:32 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2025:4796 0 None None None 2025-05-12 10:08:35 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2025:4804 0 None None None 2025-05-12 17:14:51 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2025:7577 0 None None None 2025-05-14 09:40:53 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2025:7581 0 None None None 2025-05-14 10:06:53 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2025:7585 0 None None None 2025-05-14 10:32:27 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2025:7848 0 None None None 2025-05-16 01:42:06 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2025:4658 0 None None None 2025-05-07 09:39:35 UTC

Description Sam Fowler 2017-12-11 07:13:39 UTC 
The pal2rgb tool (tools/pal2rgb.c) in LibTIFF 4.0.9 is vulnerable to a heap-based bufferflow when parsing a specially crafted .tif file. A remote attacker could exploit this to cause an application crash (denial of service) or other possible unspecified impact.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2017-17095
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/30/3
http://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2017-17095/
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2750
Comment 1 Sam Fowler 2017-12-11 07:14:03 UTC 
Created libtiff tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1524285]
Comment 2 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2017-12-18 07:23:07 UTC 
Note: As per upstream bug, there is currently no patch yet. The proposed patch seems to be insufficient, since the issue still manifests after the patch is applied.
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2025-05-07 09:39:33 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2025:4658 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4658
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