Bug 1529524 (CVE-2017-17942) - CVE-2017-17942 libtiff: Heap-based buffer overflow in PackBitsEncode function in tif_packbits.c
Summary: CVE-2017-17942 libtiff: Heap-based buffer overflow in PackBitsEncode function...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-17942
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1529525 1529526 1529527 1529528
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-12-28 14:07 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:28 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:35:46 UTC
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2017-12-28 14:07:59 UTC 
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 14:08:56 UTC 
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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