National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2004-1308

Overview

Integer overflow in (1) tif_dirread.c and (2) tif_fax3.c for libtiff 3.5.7 and 3.7.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TIFF file containing a TIFF_ASCII or TIFF_UNDEFINED directory entry with a -1 entry count, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#125598

Name: VU#125598

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/125598

US-CERT Technical Alert: TA05-136A

Name: TA05-136A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-136A.html

External Source: IDEFENSE

Name: 20041221 libtiff Directory Entry Count Integer Overflow Vulnerability

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=174&type=vulnerabilities

External Source: XF

Name: libtiff-tiff-tdircount-bo(18637)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/18637

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2005:035

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-035.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2005:019

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-019.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2005:001

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_01_libtiff_tiff.html

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-617

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-617

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 201072

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201072-1

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2005-05-03

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/May/msg00001.html

External Source: MANDRAKE

Name: MDKSA-2005:052

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:052

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 101677

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101677-1

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 13776

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/13776

External Source: CONECTIVA

Name: CLA-2005:920

Hyperlink:http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000920

US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100117

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100117

Type: Tool Signature

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100117