National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-2481

Overview

The TIFFExtractData macro in LibTIFF before 3.9.4 does not properly handle unknown tag types in TIFF directory entries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted TIFF file.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2210

Type: Patch Information; Exploit

Hyperlink:http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2210

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-1761

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1761

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2010:0519

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0519.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20100630 Re: CVE requests: LibTIFF

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/30/22

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-201209-02

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-02.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 50726

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/50726

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 40527

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/40527

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20100701 Re: CVE requests: LibTIFF

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127797353202873&w=2

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20100629 Re: CVE requests: LibTIFF

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127781315415896&w=2

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20100624 Re: CVE requests: LibTIFF

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127738540902757&w=2

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20100624 Re: CVE requests: LibTIFF

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127736307002102&w=2

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20100623 CVE requests: LibTIFF

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127731610612908&w=2