LibTIFF 4.0.7 tools/tiffcp.c TIFF Image integer underflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in LibTIFF 4.0.7. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file tools/tiffcp.c. This manipulation as part of TIFF Image causes integer underflow. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2016-10268. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in LibTIFF 4.0.7 (Image Processing Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the file tools/tiffcp.c. The manipulation as part of a TIFF Image leads to a integer underflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-191. The product subtracts one value from another, such that the result is less than the minimum allowable integer value, which produces a value that is not equal to the correct result. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

tools/tiffcp.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer underflow and heap-based buffer under-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, related to "READ of size 78490" and libtiff/tif_unix.c:115:23.

The bug was discovered 03/24/2017. The weakness was disclosed 03/24/2017 by Agostino Sarubbo with Gentoo (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at blogs.gentoo.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-10268 since 03/24/2017. 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 99043 (Debian DLA-877-1 : tiff security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169862 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for tiff (SUSE-SU-2017:1044-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (99043) and SecurityFocus (BID 97202†). The entries VDB-98531, VDB-98525, VDB-98526 and VDB-98528 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Integer underflow
CWE: CWE-191 / CWE-189
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Nessus ID: 99043
Nessus Name: Debian DLA-877-1 : tiff security update
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for libtiff FEDORA-2017-ab3acddd21
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Patch: github.com

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Sourcesinfo

Product: libtiff.org

Advisory: 5397a417e61258c69209904e652a1f409ec3b9df
Researcher: Agostino Sarubbo
Organization: Gentoo
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2016-10268 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-10268
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98527
SecurityFocus: 97202 - LibTIFF CVE-2016-10268 Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-10268 - LibTIFF - Buffer Underflow Issue

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Created: 03/25/2017 20:52
Updated: 11/15/2022 10:18
Changes: 03/25/2017 20:52 (75), 09/14/2020 09:54 (8), 11/15/2022 10:12 (4), 11/15/2022 10:18 (1)
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