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Bug 1529524 - (CVE-2017-17942) CVE-2017-17942 libtiff: Heap-based buffer overflow in PackBitsEncode function in tif_packbits.c
CVE-2017-17942 libtiff: Heap-based buffer overflow in PackBitsEncode function...
Status: NEW
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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All Linux
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=low,public=20171228,reported=2...
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Depends On: 1529525 1529526 1529527 1529528
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Reported: 2017-12-28 09:07 EST by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2017-12-28 09:09 EST (History)
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2017-12-28 09:07:59 EST
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 09:08:56 EST
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]

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