libtiff up to 3.6.1 integer coercion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in libtiff up to 3.6.1. It has been declared as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to integer coercion. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2004-0886. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in libtiff up to 3.6.1 (Image Processing Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer coercion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-192. Integer coercion refers to a set of flaws pertaining to the type casting, extension, or truncation of primitive data types. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple integer overflows in libtiff 3.6.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or memory corruption) via TIFF images that lead to incorrect malloc calls.

The weakness was released 01/27/2005 by Matthias Clasen as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-0886 since 09/22/2004. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15504 (FreeBSD : tiff -- multiple integer overflows (193)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117960 (CentOS Security Update for kdegraphics (CESA-2005:021)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17715), Tenable (15504), SecurityFocus (BID 11406†), Secunia (SA12818†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1011674†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-1419, VDB-1442, VDB-1441 and VDB-22364. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Integer coercion
CWE: CWE-192 / CWE-189
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Nessus ID: 15504
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : tiff -- multiple integer overflows (193)
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OpenVAS ID: 53258
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 567-1 (tiff)
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10/14/2004 +1 days 🔍
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10/18/2004 +4 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: libtiff.org

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Matthias Clasen
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2004-0886 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0886
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23876

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X-Force: 17715
SecurityFocus: 11406 - LibTIFF Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 12818 - LibTIFF Multiple Image Decoder Parsing Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1011674 - LibTIFF Integer Overflows Let Remote Users Crash the Application
Vulnerability Center: 7337 - Integer Overflows in LibTiff, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 12/16/2024 04:22
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (70), 04/13/2017 12:26 (10), 07/01/2021 11:31 (3), 12/16/2024 04:22 (15)
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