Description
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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a Libtiff
4.5.1rc1unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Default version status: unaffected
Fedora Fedora
Default version status: affected
Fedora Fedora
Default version status: affected
Fedora Fedora
Default version status: affected
Fedora Fedora
Default version status: affected
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2908 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2218830 ↗
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/9bd48f0dbd64fb94dc2b5b05238fde0bfdd4ff3f ↗
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/479 ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00034.html ↗
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230731-0004/ ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00019.html ↗