Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package tiff Open this link in a new tab
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
1.73% (88th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-TIFF-406158
- published 27 Jun 2018
- disclosed 21 Mar 2019
Introduced: 27 Jun 2018
CVE-2017-16232 Open this link in a new tabAmendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tiff package and not the tiff package as distributed by Ubuntu.
LibTIFF 4.0.8 has multiple memory leak vulnerabilities, which allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by tif_open.c, tif_lzw.c, and tif_aux.c. NOTE: Third parties were unable to reproduce the issue
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-16232
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16232
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16232
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150896/LibTIFF-4.0.8-Memory-Leak.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00036.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00041.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/8
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/32
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/47
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101696