LibTIFF version 4.0.7 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in tif_lzw.c resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted bmp image to tools/bmp2tiff.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - LibTIFF version 4.0.7 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in tif_lzw.c resulting in DoS or code
    execution via a crafted bmp image to tools/bmp2tiff. (CVE-2017-5563)

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - LibTIFF version 4.0.7 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in tif_lzw.c resulting in DoS or code     execution via a crafted bmp image to tools/bmp2tiff. (CVE-2017-5563)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

According to the versions of the compat-libtiff3 package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - LibTIFF version 4.0.7 is vulnerable to a heap-based     buffer over-read in tif_lzw.c resulting in DoS or code     execution via a crafted bmp image to     tools/bmp2tiff.(CVE-2017-5563)

  - An integer overflow flaw was found in libtiff that     exists in the tif_getimage.c file. This flaw allows an     attacker to inject and execute arbitrary code when a     user opens a crafted TIFF file. The highest threat from     this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as     well as system availability.(CVE-2020-35523)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the libtiff packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in libtiff     in the handling of TIFF images in libtiff's TIFF2PDF     tool. A specially crafted TIFF file can lead to     arbitrary code execution. The highest threat from this     vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well     as system availability.(CVE-2020-35524)

  - An integer overflow flaw was found in libtiff that     exists in the tif_getimage.c file. This flaw allows an     attacker to inject and execute arbitrary code when a     user opens a crafted TIFF file. The highest threat from     this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as     well as system availability.(CVE-2020-35523)

  - In LibTIFF 4.0.7, a memory leak vulnerability was found     in the function OJPEGReadHeaderInfoSecTablesQTable in     tif_ojpeg.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial     of service via a crafted file.(CVE-2017-9404)

  - In LibTIFF 4.0.7, the program processes BMP images     without verifying that biWidth and biHeight in the     bitmap-information header match the actual input,     leading to a heap-based buffer over-read in     bmp2tiff.(CVE-2017-9117)

  - LibTIFF version 4.0.7 is vulnerable to a heap-based     buffer over-read in tif_lzw.c resulting in DoS or code     execution via a crafted bmp image to     tools/bmp2tiff.(CVE-2017-5563)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the version of the compat-libtiff3 package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - LibTIFF version 4.0.7 is vulnerable to a heap-based     buffer over-read in tif_lzw.c resulting in DoS or code     execution via a crafted bmp image to     tools/bmp2tiff.(CVE-2017-5563)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the version of the libtiff package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - LibTIFF version 4.0.7 is vulnerable to a heap-based     buffer over-read in tif_lzw.c resulting in DoS or code     execution via a crafted bmp image to     tools/bmp2tiff.(CVE-2017-5563)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the version of the compat-libtiff3 package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - LibTIFF version 4.0.7 is vulnerable to a heap-based     buffer over-read in tif_lzw.c resulting in DoS or code     execution via a crafted bmp image to     tools/bmp2tiff.(CVE-2017-5563)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the libtiff packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The libtiff package contains a library of functions for     manipulating TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) image     format files. TIFF is a widely used file format for     bitmapped images. TIFF files usually end in the .tif     extension and they are often quite large. The libtiff     package should be installed if you need to manipulate     TIFF format image files. Security Fix(es):There is a     reachable assertion abort in the function     TIFFWriteDirectoryTagSubifd() in LibTIFF 4.0.8, related     to tif_dirwrite.c and a SubIFD tag. A crafted input     will lead to a remote denial of service     attack.(CVE-2017-13727)The putagreytile function in     tif_getimage.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 has a left-shift     undefined behavior issue, which might allow remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (application     crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a     crafted image.(CVE-2017-7592)An issue was discovered in     LibTIFF 4.0.9. There is a int32 overflow in multiply_ms     in tools/ppm2tiff.c, which can cause a denial of     service (crash) or possibly have unspecified other     impact via a crafted image     file.(CVE-2018-17100)tif_read.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 does     not ensure that tif_rawdata is properly initialized,     which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive     information from process memory via a crafted     image.(CVE-2017-7593)The     OJPEGReadHeaderInfoSecTablesDcTable function in     tif_ojpeg.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted     image.(CVE-2017-7594)The JPEGSetupEncode function in     tiff_jpeg.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and     application crash) via a crafted     image.(CVE-2017-7595)LibTIFF 4.0.7 has an 'outside the     range of representable values of type float' undefined     behavior issue, which might allow remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (application crash) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted     image.(CVE-2017-7596)tif_dirread.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 has     an 'outside the range of representable values of type     float' undefined behavior issue, which might allow     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other     impact via a crafted image.(CVE-2017-7597)LibTIFF 4.0.7     has an 'outside the range of representable values of     type short' undefined behavior issue, which might allow     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other     impact via a crafted image.(CVE-2017-7599)LibTIFF 4.0.7     has an 'outside the range of representable values of     type unsigned char' undefined behavior issue, which     might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (application crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted     image.(CVE-2017-7600)tif_dirread.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7     might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (divide-by-zero error and application crash)     via a crafted image.(CVE-2017-7598)LibTIFF 4.0.7 has a     'shift exponent too large for 64-bit type long'     undefined behavior issue, which might allow remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (application     crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a     crafted image.(CVE-2017-7601)LibTIFF 4.0.7 has a signed     integer overflow, which might allow remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (application crash) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted     image.(CVE-2017-7602)LibTIFF version 4.0.7 is     vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in     tif_lzw.c resulting in DoS or code execution via a     crafted bmp image to tools/bmp2tiff.(CVE-2017-5563)In     LibTIFF 4.0.7, the program processes BMP images without     verifying that biWidth and biHeight in the     bitmap-information header match the actual input,     leading to a heap-based buffer over-read in     bmp2tiff.(CVE-2017-9117)In LibTIFF 4.0.7, a memory leak     vulnerability was found in the function     TIFFReadDirEntryLong8Array in tif_dirread.c, which     allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a     crafted file.(CVE-2017-9403)In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is     a memory leak in tif_jbig.c. A crafted TIFF document     can lead to a memory leak resulting in a remote denial     of service attack.(CVE-2017-9936)In LibTIFF 4.0.9, a     heap-based buffer overflow occurs in the function     LZWDecodeCompat in tif_lzw.c via a crafted TIFF file,     as demonstrated by tiff2ps.(CVE-2018-8905)Heap-based     buffer overflow in the readContigStripsIntoBuffer     function in tif_unix.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote     attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted     image.(CVE-2016-10092)LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based     buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other     impact via a crafted TIFF image, related to 'WRITE of     size 2048' and     libtiff/tif_next.c:64:9.(CVE-2016-10272)LibTIFF 4.0.7     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a     crafted TIFF image, related to     libtiff/tif_read.c:351:22.(CVE-2016-10266)LibTIFF 4.0.7     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a     crafted TIFF image, related to     libtiff/tif_ojpeg.c:816:8.(CVE-2016-10267)tools/tiffcp.
    c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (integer underflow and heap-based     buffer under-read) or possibly have unspecified other     impact via a crafted TIFF image, related to 'READ of     size 78490' and     libtiff/tif_unix.c:115:23.(CVE-2016-10268)LibTIFF 4.0.7     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image,     related to 'READ of size 512' and     libtiff/tif_unix.c:340:2.(CVE-2016-10269)LibTIFF 4.0.7     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image,     related to 'READ of size 8' and     libtiff/tif_read.c:523:22.(CVE-2016-10270)The     TIFFWriteDirectoryTagCheckedRational function in     tif_dirwrite.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and     application exit) via a crafted TIFF     file.(CVE-2016-10371)Buffer overflow in the     readextension function in gif2tiff.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (application crash) via a crafted GIF     file.(CVE-2016-3186)The fpAcc function in tif_predict.c     in the tiff2rgba tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (divide-by-zero error) via a crafted TIFF     image.(CVE-2016-3622)tiffsplit in libtiff 4.0.6 allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted file, related to     changing td_nstrips in TIFF_STRIPCHOP     mode.(CVE-2016-9273)tools/tiffcrop.c in libtiff 4.0.6     reads an undefined buffer in     readContigStripsIntoBuffer() because of a uint16     integer overflow. Reported as MSVR     35100.(CVE-2016-9538)tools/tiffcrop.c in libtiff 4.0.6     has an out-of-bounds read in     readContigTilesIntoBuffer(). Reported as MSVR     35092.(CVE-2016-9539)In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a     assertion abort in the     TIFFWriteDirectoryTagCheckedLong8Array function in     tif_dirwrite.c. A crafted input will lead to a remote     denial of service attack.(CVE-2017-10688)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.(CVE-2017-12944)There is a     reachable assertion abort in the function     TIFFWriteDirectorySec() in LibTIFF 4.0.8, related to     tif_dirwrite.c and a SubIFD tag. A crafted input will     lead to a remote denial of service     attack.(CVE-2017-13726)tif_getimage.c in LibTIFF     through 4.0.10, as used in GDAL through 3.0.1 and other     products, has an integer overflow that potentially     causes a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted RGBA     image, related to a 'Negative-size-param'     condition.(CVE-2019-17546)_TIFFCheckMalloc and
    _TIFFCheckRealloc in tif_aux.c in LibTIFF through     4.0.10 mishandle Integer Overflow checks because they     rely on compiler behavior that is undefined by the     applicable C standards. This can, for example, lead to     an application crash.(CVE-2019-14973)Buffer overflow in     the readgifimage function in gif2tiff.c in the gif2tiff     tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted     gif file.(CVE-2016-5102)** DISPUTED ** LibTIFF 4.0.8     has multiple memory leak vulnerabilities, which allow     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory     consumption), as demonstrated by tif_open.c, tif_lzw.c,     and tif_aux.c. NOTE: Third parties were unable to     reproduce the issue.(CVE-2017-16232)An issue was     discovered in LibTIFF 4.0.9. There is a NULL pointer     dereference in the function LZWDecode in the file     tif_lzw.c.(CVE-2018-18661)The rgb2ycbcr tool in LibTIFF     4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (divide-by-zero) by setting the (1) v     or (2) h parameter to 0.(CVE-2016-3623)The cvtClump     function in the rgb2ycbcr tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and     earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (out-of-bounds write) by setting the '-v'     option to -1.(CVE-2016-3624)Stack-based buffer overflow     in the _TIFFVGetField function in libtiff 4.0.6 and     earlier allows remote attackers to crash the     application via a crafted tiff.(CVE-2016-5318)LibTIFF     4.0.7 has an invalid read in the _TIFFVGetField     function in tif_dir.c, which might allow remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a     crafted TIFF file.(CVE-2017-9147)The _TIFFFax3fillruns     function in libtiff before 4.0.6 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero     error and application crash) via a crafted Tiff     image.(CVE-2016-5323)The DumpModeDecode function in     libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier allows attackers to cause a     denial of service (invalid read and crash) via a     crafted tiff image.(CVE-2016-5321)The TIFFReadRawStrip1     and TIFFReadRawTile1 functions in tif_read.c in libtiff     before 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (crash) or possibly obtain sensitive     information via a negative index in a file-content     buffer.(CVE-2016-6223)Integer overflow in the     writeBufferToSeparateStrips function in tiffcrop.c in     LibTIFF before 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted     tif file.(CVE-2016-9532)The TIFFWriteDirectorySec()     function in tif_dirwrite.c in LibTIFF through 4.0.9     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (assertion failure and application crash) via a crafted     file, a different vulnerability than     CVE-2017-13726.(CVE-2018-10963)Heap-based buffer     overflow in the cpSeparateBufToContigBuf function in     tiffcp.c in LibTIFF 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF     file.(CVE-2018-12900)An issue was discovered in LibTIFF     4.0.9. There are two out-of-bounds writes in cpTags in     tools/tiff2bw.c and tools/pal2rgb.c, which can cause a     denial of service (application crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted image     file.(CVE-2018-17101)LibTIFF 4.0.9 (with JBIG enabled)     decodes arbitrarily-sized JBIG into a buffer, ignoring     the buffer size, which leads to a tif_jbig.c JBIGDecode     out-of-bounds write.(CVE-2018-18557)In LibTIFF 4.0.9,     there is a NULL pointer dereference in the     TIFFWriteDirectorySec function in tif_dirwrite.c that     will lead to a denial of service attack, as     demonstrated by tiffset.(CVE-2018-19210)The TIFFFdOpen     function in tif_unix.c in LibTIFF 4.0.10 has a memory     leak, as demonstrated by pal2rgb.(CVE-2019-6128)An     Invalid Address dereference was discovered in     TIFFWriteDirectoryTagTransferfunction in     libtiff/tif_dirwrite.c in LibTIFF 4.0.10, affecting the     cpSeparateBufToContigBuf function in tiffcp.c. Remote     attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a     denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file. This is     different from CVE-2018-12900.(CVE-2019-7663)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3606-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed images. If a user or automated system     were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application,     leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201709-27 (libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in LibTIFF. Please review       the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker, by enticing the user to process a specially crafted       TIFF file, could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of       the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, obtain sensitive       information, or have other unspecified impacts.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
460261	Echo: tiff: security update to 4.7.0-3+deb13u1	Tenable Cloud Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	high
460261	Echo: tiff: security update to 4.7.0-3+deb13u1	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	high
221070	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-5563	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
153328	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : compat-libtiff3 (EulerOS-SA-2021-2360)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	high
149117	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : libtiff (EulerOS-SA-2021-1813)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	critical
148077	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : compat-libtiff3 (EulerOS-SA-2021-1671)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	high
147552	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.2.0 : libtiff (EulerOS-SA-2021-1393)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	high
147551	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.6.6 : compat-libtiff3 (EulerOS-SA-2021-1464)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	high
131619	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : libtiff (EulerOS-SA-2019-2466)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	critical
108657	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : LibTIFF vulnerabilities (USN-3606-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	critical
103486	GLSA-201709-27 : libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	Local	critical

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