LibTIFF is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.
Attackers can exploit this issue to cause denial-of-service conditions.
LibTIFF 4.0.7 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.
Information
Debian Linux 6.0 sparc
Debian Linux 6.0 s/390
Debian Linux 6.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 6.0 mips
Debian Linux 6.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 6.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 6.0 arm
Debian Linux 6.0 amd64
Exploit
The researcher has created a proof-of-concept to demonstrate the issue. Please see the references for more information.
References:
- Bug 2693 - Out of bound read in _TIFFVGetField (tiffsplit) (LibTIFF)
- LibTIFF Homepage (LibTIFF)