LibTIFF 4.0.6 gif2tiff memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF 4.0.6. It has been rated as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component gif2tiff. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-3186. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF 4.0.6 (Image Processing Software). It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component gif2tiff. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the readextension function in gif2tiff.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted GIF file.

The weakness was disclosed 03/31/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared at security.gentoo.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-3186 since 03/15/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/12/2022).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 108657 (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 17.10 : tiff vulnerabilities (USN-3606-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169157 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for tiff (SUSE-SU-2016:2271-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (108657) and SecurityTracker (ID 1035442†). The entries VDB-95797, VDB-101537, VDB-102818 and VDB-104510 are pretty similar. 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: Partially
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Nessus ID: 108657
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 17.10 : tiff vulnerabilities (USN-3606-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 800596
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for tiff USN-3606-1
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/31/2016 +16 days 🔍
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04/19/2016 +18 days 🔍
03/26/2018 +706 days 🔍
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07/12/2022 +1568 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: libtiff.org

Advisory: USN-3606-1
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-3186 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-3186
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-81557
SecurityTracker: 1035442

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/31/2016 16:51
Updated: 07/12/2022 06:27
Changes: 03/31/2016 16:51 (50), 09/21/2018 10:41 (29), 07/12/2022 06:18 (2), 07/12/2022 06:27 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:864:103

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