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A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF 4.0.7 (Image Processing Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Image Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
LibTIFF 4.0.7 has an "outside the range of representable values of type float" undefined behavior issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image.
The bug was discovered 04/09/2017. The weakness was published 04/09/2017 by Agostino Sarubbo with Gentoo (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-7596 since 04/09/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99636 (Debian DLA-911-1 : tiff security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 276580 (Fedora Security Update for libtiff (FEDORA-2017-021bebae25)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (99636) and SecurityFocus (BID 97506†).
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4
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Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 99636
Nessus Name: Debian DLA-911-1 : tiff security update
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OpenVAS ID: 703844
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3844-1 (tiff - security update)
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
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Sources
Product: libtiff.orgAdvisory: USN-3602-1⛔
Researcher: Agostino Sarubbo
Organization: Gentoo
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2017-7596 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 97506 - LibTIFF CVE-2017-7596 Integer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-7596 - libtiff - Denial of Service Issue
Entry
Created: 04/09/2017 21:13Updated: 11/28/2022 07:04
Changes: 04/09/2017 21:13 (75), 08/27/2020 17:10 (8), 11/28/2022 07:04 (4)
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