Source: tiff Version: 4.0.8-4 Severity: important Tags: patch security upstream Forwarded: http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2725
Hi, the following vulnerability was published for tiff. CVE-2017-12944[0]: | The TIFFReadDirEntryArray function in tif_read.c in LibTIFF 4.0.8 | mishandles memory allocation for short files, which allows remote | attackers to cause a denial of service (allocation failure and | application crash) in the TIFFFetchStripThing function in tif_dirread.c | during a tiff2pdf invocation. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12944 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12944 [1] http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2725 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvatore _______________________________________________ Secure-testing-team mailing list Secure-testing-team@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/secure-testing-team
