LibTIFF up to 4.0.3 BMP File tools/bmp2tiff.c input validation
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A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF up to 4.0.3 (Image Processing Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the file tools/bmp2tiff.c of the component BMP File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Integer overflow in tools/bmp2tiff.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read), or possibly obtain sensitive information from process memory, via crafted width and length values in RLE4 or RLE8 data in a BMP file.
The bug was discovered 12/06/2016. The weakness was disclosed 12/06/2016 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at download.osgeo.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-8870 since 05/02/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 97554 (Amazon Linux AMI : libtiff / compat-libtiff3 (ALAS-2017-802)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 171720 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for tiff (SUSE-SU-2018:3879-1)).
Upgrading to version 4.0.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (97554). The entries 81883, 81884, 92306 and 95520 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 97554
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : libtiff / compat-libtiff3 (ALAS-2017-802)
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OpenVAS ID: 800864
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for libtiff CESA-2017:0225 centos6
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Upgrade: LibTIFF 4.0.4
Timeline
01/28/2015 🔍05/02/2016 🔍
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Sources
Product: libtiff.orgAdvisory: RHSA-2017:0225
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-8870 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 94717 - LibTIFF CVE-2015-8870 Integer Overflow Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 12/07/2016 10:13Updated: 10/05/2022 07:43
Changes: 12/07/2016 10:13 (68), 06/19/2019 17:19 (14), 10/05/2022 07:43 (4)
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