Apple macOS up to 10.12.3 tiffutil out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.12.3 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component tiffutil. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-3619. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.12.3 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component tiffutil. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The DumpModeEncode function in tif_dumpmode.c in the bmp2tiff tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier, when the "-c none" option is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via a crafted BMP image.

The bug was discovered 04/07/2016. The weakness was disclosed 03/27/2017 by Security Team with Qihoo 360 as HT207615 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-3619 since 03/21/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

An out-of-bound read existed in LibTIFF versions before 4.0.7. This was addressed by updating LibTIFF in AKCmds to version 4.0.7.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 179 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99264 (Apple TV < 10.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r. 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 10.12.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (99264) and SecurityFocus (BID 85919†). The entries VDB-81883, VDB-81884, VDB-92306 and VDB-93967 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: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 99264
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 10.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-HT207615
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.12.4

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03/21/2016 🔍
04/07/2016 +17 days 🔍
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10/03/2016 +179 days 🔍
03/27/2017 +175 days 🔍
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03/28/2017 +1 days 🔍
04/10/2017 +13 days 🔍
11/20/2022 +2050 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207615
Researcher: Security Team
Organization: Qihoo 360
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-3619 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-3619
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98717
SecurityFocus: 85919 - LibTIFF CVE-2016-3619 Out Of Bounds Read Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-3619 - LibTIFF - Out-of-Bounds Read Issue
SecurityTracker: 1035508

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/28/2017 11:25
Updated: 11/20/2022 14:44
Changes: 03/28/2017 11:25 (81), 08/21/2020 16:17 (7), 11/20/2022 14:44 (4)
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