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LibTIFF TIFFVSetField Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA18587
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Release Date:
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2006-01-23
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Last Update:
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2006-01-26
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Popularity:
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7,864 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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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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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
Herve Drolon has reported a vulnerability in LibTIFF, which can be exploited by malicious people to crash certain applications on a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a NULL pointer dereferencing error in tif_dir.c. This can be exploited to crash an application linked against LibTIFF when a specially crafted TIFF image is processed.
The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 3.8.0. Other versions may also be affected.
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