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LibTIFF Unspecified tiffdump Integer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA13728
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Release Date:
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2005-01-06
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Popularity:
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12,452 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | LibTIFF 3.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2004-1183
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Description:
Dmitry V. Levin has reported a vulnerability in LibTIFF, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified integer overflow in the tiffdump utility.
Successful exploitation may potentially allow execution of arbitrary code, but requires that a user is tricked into checking a malicious TIFF image with the tiffdump utility.
Solution:
Secunia is currently not aware of an official updated version, which addresses the vulnerability.
Updated packages have been issued by some Linux vendors.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Dmitry V. Levin
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