libtiff 3.8.1 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in libtiff 3.8.1. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-3462. Additionally, an exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in libtiff 3.8.1 (Image Processing Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in the NeXT RLE decoder in the TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors involving decoding large RLE images.

The bug was discovered 08/01/2006. The weakness was released 08/02/2006 by Tavis Ormandy (iDefense) with Mozilla Corporation (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-3462 since 07/10/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22161 (CentOS 3 / 4 : libtiff (CESA-2006:0603)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 156193 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for libtiff (ELSA-2006:0603)).

Upgrading to version 3.8.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28153), Tenable (22161), SecurityFocus (BID 19289†), OSVDB (27726†) and Secunia (SA21274†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-25512, VDB-26669, VDB-25873 and VDB-30477. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 22161
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : libtiff (CESA-2006:0603)
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OpenVAS ID: 57205
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1137-1 (tiff)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: libtiff 3.8.2
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Sourcesinfo

Product: libtiff.org

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Tavis Ormandy (iDefense)
Organization: Mozilla Corporation
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-3462 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3462
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31621

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X-Force: 28153
SecurityFocus: 19289 - Apple Mac OS X Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21274 - rPath update for libtiff, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 27726 - LibTIFF NeXT RLE Decoder Image Handling Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1016628
Vulnerability Center: 12461 - LibTIFF Buffer Overflow in the NeXT RLE Decoder, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-3101

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 06/24/2019 09:03
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (95), 06/24/2019 09:03 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:D39:103

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