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Rocky Linux: CVE-2018-15209: libtiff (RLSA-2024-5079)

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Rocky Linux: CVE-2018-15209: libtiff (RLSA-2024-5079)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/08/2018
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/28/2024

Description

ChopUpSingleUncompressedStrip in tif_dirread.c in LibTIFF 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF file, as demonstrated by tiff2pdf.

Solution(s)

  • rocky-upgrade-libtiff
  • rocky-upgrade-libtiff-debuginfo
  • rocky-upgrade-libtiff-debugsource
  • rocky-upgrade-libtiff-devel
  • rocky-upgrade-libtiff-tools
  • rocky-upgrade-libtiff-tools-debuginfo

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