LibTIFF up to 4.0.6 rgb2ycbcr v/h divide by zero

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF up to 4.0.6. It has been classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component rgb2ycbcr. Performing a manipulation of the argument v/h results in divide by zero. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2016-3623. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in LibTIFF up to 4.0.6 (Image Processing Software). This affects an unknown code block of the component rgb2ycbcr. The manipulation of the argument v/h with an unknown input leads to a divide by zero vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-369. The product divides a value by zero. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The rgb2ycbcr tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero) by setting the (1) v or (2) h parameter to 0.

The weakness was disclosed 10/03/2016 by Security Team with Qihoo 360 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.maptools.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-3623 since 03/21/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94039 (SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : tiff (SUSE-SU-2016:2508-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169246 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for tiff (SUSE-SU-2016:2508-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (94039) and SecurityFocus (BID 85952†). The entry VDB-81885 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Divide by zero
CWE: CWE-369 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 94039
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : tiff (SUSE-SU-2016:2508-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 703762
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3762-1 (tiff - security update)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/21/2016 🔍
04/08/2016 +18 days 🔍
10/03/2016 +178 days 🔍
10/03/2016 +0 days 🔍
10/04/2016 +1 days 🔍
10/12/2016 +8 days 🔍
10/13/2016 +1 days 🔍
04/30/2019 +929 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: libtiff.org

Advisory: bugzilla.maptools.org
Researcher: Security Team
Organization: Qihoo 360
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-3623 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-3623
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92307

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SecurityFocus: 85952 - LibTIFF CVE-2016-3623 Divide By Zero Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/04/2016 10:28
Updated: 04/30/2019 14:18
Changes: 10/04/2016 10:28 (66), 04/30/2019 14:18 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:646:103

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