LibTIFF up to 4.0.3 BMP File tools/bmp2tiff.c input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in LibTIFF up to 4.0.3. Impacted is an unknown function of the file tools/bmp2tiff.c of the component BMP File Handler. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2015-8870. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF up to 4.0.3 (Image Processing Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the file tools/bmp2tiff.c of the component BMP File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer overflow in tools/bmp2tiff.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read), or possibly obtain sensitive information from process memory, via crafted width and length values in RLE4 or RLE8 data in a BMP file.

The bug was discovered 12/06/2016. The weakness was disclosed 12/06/2016 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at download.osgeo.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-8870 since 05/02/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 97554 (Amazon Linux AMI : libtiff / compat-libtiff3 (ALAS-2017-802)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 171720 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for tiff (SUSE-SU-2018:3879-1)).

Upgrading to version 4.0.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (97554) and SecurityFocus (BID 94717†). The entries VDB-81883, VDB-81884, VDB-92306 and VDB-95520 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 97554
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : libtiff / compat-libtiff3 (ALAS-2017-802)
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OpenVAS ID: 800864
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for libtiff CESA-2017:0225 centos6
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: LibTIFF 4.0.4

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01/28/2015 🔍
05/02/2016 +460 days 🔍
12/06/2016 +218 days 🔍
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12/07/2016 +1 days 🔍
03/06/2017 +89 days 🔍
03/07/2017 +1 days 🔍
10/05/2022 +2038 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: libtiff.org

Advisory: RHSA-2017:0225
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-8870 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-8870
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93967
SecurityFocus: 94717 - LibTIFF CVE-2015-8870 Integer Overflow Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/07/2016 10:13
Updated: 10/05/2022 07:43
Changes: 12/07/2016 10:13 (68), 06/19/2019 17:19 (14), 10/05/2022 07:43 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:17E:103

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