SUSE-SU-2018:2676-1

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    SUSE-SU-2018:2676-1

    Published: 10 Sept 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for tiff

    Details: This update for tiff fixes the following issues: The following security vulnerabilities were addressed: - CVE-2015-8668: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in the PackBitsPreEncode function in tif_packbits.c in bmp2tiff, which allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a large width field in a specially crafted BMP image. (bsc#960589) - CVE-2018-10779: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read in TIFFWriteScanline() in tif_write.c (bsc#1092480) - CVE-2017-17942: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in the function PackBitsEncode in tif_packbits.c. (bsc#1074186) - CVE-2016-5319: Fixed a beap-based buffer overflow in bmp2tiff (bsc#983440)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20182676-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1074186, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1092480, https://bugzilla.suse.com/960589, https://bugzilla.suse.com/983440, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8668, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5319, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17942, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10779

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tiff

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.8.2-141.169.16.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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