Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.3-12.3+deb8u4
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
2.78% (91st
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-TIFF-405785
- published 26 Jun 2017
- disclosed 26 Jun 2017
Introduced: 26 Jun 2017
CVE-2017-9936 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8
tiff
to version 4.0.3-12.3+deb8u4 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tiff
package and not the tiff
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:8
relevant fixed versions and status.
In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a memory leak in tif_jbig.c. A crafted TIFF document can lead to a memory leak resulting in a remote denial of service attack.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9936
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9936
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3903
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42300/
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2706
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99300
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-9936
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/