Bug 1614051 – CVE-2018-15209 libtiff: Heap-based buffer overflow in ChopUpSingleUncompressedStrip in tif_dirread.c

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Bug 1614051 - (CVE-2018-15209) CVE-2018-15209 libtiff: Heap-based buffer overflow in ChopUpSingleUncompressedStrip in tif_dirread.c

Summary:	CVE-2018-15209 libtiff: Heap-based buffer overflow in ChopUpSingleUncompresse...

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2018-15209

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

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Depends On:	1614053 1614054 1614055 1614052
Blocks:	1614056
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Reported:	2018-08-08 17:55 EDT by Laura Pardo
Modified:	2018-10-02 03:30 EDT (History)
CC List:	13 users (show)

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Description Laura Pardo 2018-08-08 17:55:57 EDT

A flaw was found in in LibTIFF 4.0.9. ChopUpSingleUncompressedStrip in tif_dirread.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted TIFF file, as demonstrated by tiff2pdf. 


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http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2808

Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-08-08 17:56:42 EDT

Created libtiff tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1614052]


Created mingw-libtiff tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1614054]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1614053]

Comment 4 Stefan Cornelius 2018-09-27 04:44:12 EDT

Statement:

This issue did not affect the versions of libtiff as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.

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