medium6.5
CVE-2018-5784
In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is an uncontrolled resource consumption in the TIFFSetDirectory function of tif_dir.c.
Impact
In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is an uncontrolled resource consumption in the TIFFSetDirectory function of tif_dir.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tif file. This occurs because the declared number of directory entries is not validated against the actual number of directory entries.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Libtiff | Libtiff | Version 4.0.9 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 14.04, 16.04, 17.10 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2772
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/473851d211cf8805a161820337ca74cc9615d6ef
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00022.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00002.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4349
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2772
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/473851d211cf8805a161820337ca74cc9615d6ef
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00022.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00002.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4349