Heap-based buffer overflow in tif_ojpeg.c in the OJPEG decoder in LibTIFF before 3.9.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF file.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.02, has libtiff packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - Buffer overflow in the t2p_write_pdf_string function in tiff2pdf in libtiff 3.8.2 and earlier allows     attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a TIFF file with a     DocumentName tag that contains UTF-8 characters, which triggers the overflow when a character is sign     extended to an integer that produces more digits than expected in an sprintf call. (CVE-2006-2193)

  - Heap-based buffer overflow in the JPEG decoder in the TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2 allows context-     dependent attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via an encoded JPEG     stream that is longer than the scan line size (TiffScanLineSize). (CVE-2006-3460)

  - Heap-based buffer overflow in the PixarLog decoder in the TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2 might allow     context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. (CVE-2006-3461)

  - Heap-based buffer overflow in the NeXT RLE decoder in the TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2 might allow     context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors involving decoding large RLE     images. (CVE-2006-3462)

  - The EstimateStripByteCounts function in TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2 uses a 16-bit unsigned short     when iterating over an unsigned 32-bit value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial     of service via a large td_nstrips value, which triggers an infinite loop. (CVE-2006-3463)

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

Specially crafted tiff files could cause a heap-based buffer overflow in the thunder- and ojpeg-decoders (CVE-2011-1167, CVE-2009-5022).

Directories with a large number of files could cause an integer overflow in the tiffdump tool (CVE-2010-4665)

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2011:0452 :

Updated libtiff packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

The libtiff packages contain a library of functions for manipulating Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) files.

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libtiff processed certain TIFF image files that were compressed with the JPEG compression algorithm. An attacker could use this flaw to create a specially crafted TIFF file that, when opened, would cause an application linked against libtiff to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2009-5022)

All libtiff users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. All running applications linked against libtiff must be restarted for this update to take effect.

The remote Windows host contains a version of IrfanView prior to version 4.35.  It is, therefore, reportedly affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - An error exists related to 'ImageWidth' value handling     in JPEG compressed TIFF images.

  - An error exists related to 'End of Line' marker handling     in RLE compressed BMP images.

These vulnerabilities could allow heap-based buffer overflows, which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201209-02 (libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities)

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

    A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted TIFF       file with an application making use of libTIFF, possibly resulting in       execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the       application or a Denial of Service condition.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libtiff processed certain TIFF image files that were compressed with the JPEG compression algorithm. An attacker could use this flaw to create a specially crafted TIFF file that, when opened, would cause an application linked against libtiff to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2009-5022)

All running applications linked against libtiff must be restarted for this update to take effect.

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

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

Tavis Ormandy discovered that the Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library is vulnerable to a buffer overflow triggered by a crafted OJPEG file which allows for a crash and potentially execution of arbitrary code.

The oldstable distribution (lenny) is not affected by this problem.

Update to libtiff 3.9.5, incorporating all our previous patches plus other fixes, notably the fix for CVE-2009-5022 Fix incorrect fix for CVE-2011-0192

Add fix for CVE-2011-1167 Fix buffer overrun in fax decoding (CVE-2011-0192) as well as a non-security-critical crash in gif2tiff.

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

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in libtiff :

The libtiff OJPEG decoder contains a heap buffer overflow when decoding certain malformed data (CVE-2009-5022).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Update to libtiff 3.9.5, incorporating all our previous patches plus other fixes, notably the fix for CVE-2009-5022

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2011:0452 advisory.

  - libtiff ojpeg buffer overflow (CVE-2009-5022)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
206852	NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.02 : libtiff Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2024-0051)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	high
75926	openSUSE Security Update : libtiff-devel (openSUSE-SU-2011:0405-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
75621	openSUSE Security Update : libtiff-devel (openSUSE-SU-2011:0405-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
68257	Oracle Linux 6 : libtiff (ELSA-2011-0452)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
63059	IrfanView < 4.35 Multiple Heap-Based Buffer Overflows	Nessus	Windows	medium
62235	GLSA-201209-02 : libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
61020	Scientific Linux Security Update : libtiff on SL6.x i386/x86_64	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	medium
55078	Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : tiff vulnerability (USN-1120-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
55044	Debian DSA-2256-1 : tiff - buffer overflow	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
53560	Fedora 15 : libtiff-3.9.5-1.fc15 (2011-5336)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
53542	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libtiff (MDVSA-2011:078)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	medium
53498	Fedora 14 : libtiff-3.9.5-1.fc14 (2011-5304)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
53483	RHEL 6 : libtiff (RHSA-2011:0452)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical

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