LibTIFF tif_dirread.c denial of service
| libtiff-dos (17755) |  Low Risk |
Description:
LibTIFF is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by a vulnerability in the tif_dirread.c. If a remote attacker uses a TIFF image to cause a condition where a divide by zero error occurs, the attacker could cause the server to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.2.8
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.3.6
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.2.8
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.3.6
- Avaya, Intuity Audix LX 1.1
- Avaya, MN100
- Avaya, Modular Messaging
- Conectiva, Linux 10
- Conectiva, Linux 9.0
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.0
- Gentoo, Linux
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 10.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 10.0 AMD64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 10.1
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 10.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 9.2
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 9.2 AMD64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 2.1
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 2.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Multi Network Firewall 8.2
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 AW
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
- RedHat, Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
- Sam Leffler, LibTIFF
- Slackware, Slackware Linux 10.0
- Slackware, Slackware Linux 8.1
- Slackware, Slackware Linux 9.0
- Slackware, Slackware Linux 9.1
- Slackware, Slackware Linux current
- Sun, Solaris 10 x86
- Sun, Solaris 10 SPARC
- Sun, Solaris 7.0 SPARC
- Sun, Solaris 7.0 x86
- Sun, Solaris 8 x86
- Sun, Solaris 8 SPARC
- Sun, Solaris 9 SPARC
- Sun, Solaris 9 x86
- SuSE, Linux Enterprise Server 8
- SuSE, Linux Enterprise Server 9
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 8.1
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 8.2
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.0
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.1
- SuSE, SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0
- SuSE, SuSE SLES 9
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 10 Desktop
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 10 F...
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 10 Server
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 7 Server
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 7 Workstation
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 8 Server
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 8 Workstation
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux Home
Remedy:
For Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody):
Upgrade to the latest tiff package, as listed below. Refer to DSA-567-1 for more information. See References.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody): 3.5.5-6woody1 or later
For Mandrake Linux:
Upgrade to the latest libtiff package, as listed below. Refer to MandrakeSoft Security Advisory MDKSA-2004:109 for more information. See References.
Mandrake Linux 9.2: 3.5.7-11.3.92mdk or later
Mandrake Linux Multi Network Firewall 8.2: 3.5.5-9.3.M82mdk or later
Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 2.1: 3.5.7-5.3.C21mdk or later
Mandrake Linux 10.0: 3.5.7-11.3.100mdk or later
For Red Hat Linux (kdegraphics):
Refer to RHSA-2005:021-09 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux (tetex):
Refer to RHSA-2005:354-03 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux:
Upgrade to the latest libtiff package, as listed below. Refer to RHSA-2004:577-16 for more information. See References.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1), ES (v. 2.1), WS (v. 2.1), and Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor: 3.5.5-17 or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3), ES (v. 3), WS (v. 3), Desktop: 3.5.7-20.1.x86_64 or later
For SuSE Linux:
Upgrade to the latest libtiff package, as listed below. Refer to SuSE Security Announcement SUSE-SA:2004:038 for more information. See References.
SuSE Linux 9.1: 3.6.1-38.12 or later
SuSE Linux 9.0: 3.5.7-376 or later
SuSE Linux 8.2: 3.5.7-376 or later
SuSE Linux 8.1: 3.5.7-376 or later
For Mandrake Linux:
Upgrade to the latest wxGTK2 package, as listed below. Refer to MandrakeSoft Security Advisory MDKSA-2004:111 for more information. See References.
Mandrake Linux 10.0: 2.5.0-0.cvs20030817.1.3.100mdk or later
For Slackware Linux:
Upgrade to the latest libtiff package, as listed below. Refer to slackware-security Mailing List, Mon, 1 Nov 2004 00:00:50 -0800 (PST) for more information. See References.
Slackware Linux 8.1: 3.5.7-i386-3 or later
Slackware Linux 9.0: 3.5.7-i386-4 or later
Slackware Linux 9.1: 3.5.7-i486-4 or later
Slackware Linux 10.0 and -current: 3.7.0-i486-1or later
For Conectiva Linux:
Upgrade to the latest libtiff3 package, as listed below. Refer to Conectiva Linux Security Announcement CLSA-2004:888 for more information. See References.
Conectiva Linux 10.0: 3.5.7-53035U10_1cl or later
Conectiva Linux 9: 3.5.7-8492U90_1cl or later
For Mac OS:
Apply Security Update 2004-12-02, as listed in AppleCare Knowledge Base Document 61798. See References.
For KDE:
Upgrade to the latest version (3.3.2 or later), as listed in KDE Security Advisory 2004-12-09. See References.
For Turbolinux:
Upgrade to the latest libtiff package, as listed below. Refer to Turbolinux Security Advisory TLSA-2005-4 for more information. See References.
Turbolinux 10 Server: 3.6.1-4 or later
Turbolinux Home: 3.5.7-7 or later
Turbolinux 10 Desktop: 3.5.7-7 or later
Turbolinux 8 Server: 3.5.7-7 or later
Turbolinux 8 Workstation: 3.5.5-7 or later
Turbolinux 7 Server: 3.5.5-7 or later
Turbolinux 7 Workstation: 3.5.5-7 or later
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- AppleCare Knowledge Base Document 61798, Security Update 2004-12-02 at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798.
- Avaya Security Advisory ASA-2005-002, Vulnerabilities in libtiff - (RHSA-2004-577) at http://support.avaya.com/japple/css/japple?PAGE=avaya.css.OpenPage&temp.template.name=SecurityAdvisory.
- Bugzilla Bug 111, FPE in ChopUpSingleUncompressedStrip at http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111.
- CIAC Information Bulletin P-049, Apple Security Update 2004-12-02 at http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-049.shtml.
- CIAC INFORMATION BULLETIN P-171, SGI Advanced Linux Environment 3 Security Update #33 at http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-171.shtml.
- Conectiva Linux Security Announcement CLSA-2004:888, Fixes for libtiff vulnerabilities at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000888.
- KDE Security Advisory 2004-12-09, kfax libtiff vulnerabilities at http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20041209-2.txt.
- slackware-security Mailing List, Mon, 1 Nov 2004 00:00:50 -0800 (PST), [slackware-security] libtiff (SSA:2004-305-02) at http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.408946.
- Sun Alert ID: 201072, Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in libtiff(3) at http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201072-1.
- Sun Alert ID: 57769, Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in libtiff(3) at http://au.sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57769-1&searchclause=%22category:security%22%20%22availability,%20security%22.
- BID-11406: LibTIFF Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2004-0804: Vulnerability in tif_dirread.c for libtiff allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a TIFF image that causes a divide-by-zero error when the number of row bytes is zero, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2452.
- DSA-567: tiff -- heap overflows
- GLSA-200412-02: PDFlib: Multiple overflows in the included TIFF library
- GLSA-200412-17: kfax: Multiple overflows in the included TIFF library
- MDKSA-2004:109: Updated libtiff packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2004:111: Updated wxGTK2 packages fix vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2005:052: Updated kdegraphics packages fix vulnerabilities
- RHSA-2004-577: libtiff security update
- RHSA-2005-021: kdegraphics security update
- RHSA-2005-354: tetex security update
- SUSE-SA:2004:037: kernel: remote denial of service
- SUSE-SA:2004:038: libtiff: local privilege escalation
Reported:
Oct 15, 2004
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