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FreeBSD: VID-9B5A905F-E556-452F-A00C-8F070A086181 (CVE-2017-13727): libtiff -- Improper Input Validation

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FreeBSD: VID-9B5A905F-E556-452F-A00C-8F070A086181 (CVE-2017-13727): libtiff -- Improper Input Validation

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/29/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/10/2017
Modified
05/03/2019

Description

There is a reachable assertion abort in the function TIFFWriteDirectoryTagSubifd() in LibTIFF 4.0.8, related to tif_dirwrite.c and a SubIFD tag. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-libtiff

References

  • 100524
  • USN-3602-1
  • DSA-4100
  • CVE-2017-13727

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