UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2908

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2908

    Published: 30 Jun 2023Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-2908
    Aliases:
    USN-6290-1

    Summary:

    Details: A null pointer dereference issue was found in Libtiff's tif_dir.c file. This issue may allow an attacker to pass a crafted TIFF image file to the tiffcp utility which triggers a runtime error that causes undefined behavior. This will result in an application crash, eventually leading to a denial of service.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-2908, https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/479, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2908, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6290-1, https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/9bd48f0dbd64fb94dc2b5b05238fde0bfdd4ff3f, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2908

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tiff

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm9?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm9

    Affected versions

    4.0.2-4ubuntu3
    4.0.3-5ubuntu1
    4.0.3-6
    4.0.3-6ubuntu1
    4.0.3-7
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.2
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.3
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.7
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.10
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm1
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm2
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm3
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm4
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm5
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm6
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm7
    4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm8

    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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