Bug 2235769 - CVE-2022-40090 iv: libtiff: infinite loop via a crafted TIFF file [fedora-all]
Summary: CVE-2022-40090 iv: libtiff: infinite loop via a crafted TIFF file [fedora-all]
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: iv
Version: 38
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ankur Sinha (FranciscoD)
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: CVE-2022-40090
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-08-29 17:04 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2023-12-09 12:10 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Doc Type: No Doc Update
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Last Closed: 2023-12-09 12:05:47 UTC
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Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-29 17:04:59 UTC
More information about this security flaw is available in the following bug:

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2234970

Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-29 17:05:01 UTC
Use the following template to for the 'fedpkg update' request to submit an
update for this issue as it contains the top-level parent bug(s) as well as
this tracking bug.  This will ensure that all associated bugs get updated
when new packages are pushed to stable.

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# bugfix, security, enhancement, newpackage (required)
type=security

# low, medium, high, urgent (required)
severity=medium

# testing, stable
request=testing

# Bug numbers: 1234,9876
bugs=2234970,2235769

# Description of your update
notes=Security fix for [PUT CVEs HERE]

# Enable request automation based on the stable/unstable karma thresholds
autokarma=True
stable_karma=3
unstable_karma=-3

# Automatically close bugs when this marked as stable
close_bugs=True

# Suggest that users restart after update
suggest_reboot=False

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Additionally, you may opt to use the bodhi web interface to submit updates:

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/new

Comment 2 Sandro 2023-12-09 12:05:47 UTC
The bundled libtiff in iv is very old. We, neuro-sig, looked into the code and concluded that the CVEs filed against iv regarding libtiff are either not applicable or, if they are, do not pose a high risk due to the nature of the iv package and its intended audience. IV, the InterViews graphical library, is consumed only by NEURON, a neuroscience application for modelling neurons and networks thereof.

Therefore, we decided in our meeting on 4 December 2023 [1] not to pursue this further.

Comment 3 Sandro 2023-12-09 12:10:13 UTC
The missing link (sorry about the additional noise):

[1] https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/neuro_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2023-12-04/neurofedora-2023-12-04.2023-12-04-13.02.html


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