LibTIFF CVE-2017-17942 Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	102312
Class:	Boundary Condition Error
CVE:	CVE-2017-17942
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Dec 28 2017 12:00AM
Updated:	Dec 28 2017 12:00AM
Credit:	The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable:	Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 + Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2.0 + Trustix Secure Linux 2.2 + Trustix Secure Linux 2.1 + Trustix Secure Linux 2.0 Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 LibTIFF LibTIFF 4.0.9
Not Vulnerable:

LibTIFF CVE-2017-17942 Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

LibTIFF is prone to a heap-based buffer-overflow vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial-of-service condition. Due to the nature of this issue, code execution may be possible but this has not been confirmed.

LibTIFF 4.0.9 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

LibTIFF CVE-2017-17942 Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The researcher who discovered this issue has created a proof-of-concept. Please see the references for more information.

LibTIFF CVE-2017-17942 Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

LibTIFF CVE-2017-17942 Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

References:

• LibTIFF Homepage (LibTIFF)
  
• Bug 1529524 - (CVE-2017-17942) CVE-2017-17942 libtiff: Heap-based buffer overfl (Redhat)
  
• Bug 2767 - A heap-buffer-overflow in libtiff 4.0.8. (maptools.org)
  
• CVE-2017-17942 (Redhat)