Bug 2302996 (CVE-2024-7006) - CVE-2024-7006 libtiff: NULL pointer dereference in tif_dirinfo.c
Summary: CVE-2024-7006 libtiff: NULL pointer dereference in tif_dirinfo.c
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-7006
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2302997
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Reported: 2024-08-05 23:02 UTC by Robb Gatica
Modified: 2024-09-04 18:47 UTC (History)
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A null pointer dereference flaw was found in Libtiff via `tif_dirinfo.c`. This issue may allow an attacker to trigger memory allocation failures through certain means, such as restricting the heap space size or injecting faults, causing a segmentation fault. This can cause an application crash, eventually leading to a denial of service.
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:6360 0 None None None 2024-09-04 18:47:38 UTC

Description Robb Gatica 2024-08-05 23:02:50 UTC 
A null pointer dereference issue was found in Libtiff's tif_dirinfo.c file. This issue may allow an attacker to trigger memory allocation failures through certain means, such as restricting the heap space size or just injecting faults, which would cause segmentation fault. This may cause an application crash, eventually leading to a denial of service.

References:
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/559
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/624
Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2024-09-04 18:47:37 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:6360 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6360
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