First published: Mon Jan 26 2015(Updated: )
Multiple out-of-bounds writes were reported in various libtiff tools: - <a href="https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8128">CVE-2014-8128</a> libtiff: Out-of-bounds Write in the thumbnail tool <a href="http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2489">http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2489</a> - <a href="https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8128">CVE-2014-8128</a> libtiff: Out-of-bounds Write in the tiffdither tool <a href="http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2490">http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2490</a> - <a href="https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8128">CVE-2014-8128</a> libtiff: Out-of-bounds Write in the tiffdither tool <a href="http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2491">http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2491</a> - <a href="https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8128">CVE-2014-8128</a> libtiff: Out-of-bounds Write in the tiffdither tool <a href="http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2492">http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2492</a> - <a href="https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8128">CVE-2014-8128</a> libtiff: Out-of-bounds Write in the thumbnail and tiffcmp tools <a href="http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2493">http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2493</a> - <a href="https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8128">CVE-2014-8128</a> libtiff: Out-of-bounds Write in the tiff2pdf tool <a href="http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2495">http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2495</a> Above upstream bugs were fixed by the below commits: 2014-12-21 Even Rouault <even.rouault> * tools/thumbnail.c: fix out-of-buffer write <a href="http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2489">http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2489</a> (<a href="https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8128">CVE-2014-8128</a>) 2014-12-21 Even Rouault <even.rouault> * libtiff/tif_next.c: check that BitsPerSample = 2. Fixes <a href="http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2487">http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2487</a> (<a href="https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8129">CVE-2014-8129</a>) 2014-12-21 Even Rouault <even.rouault> * tools/thumbnail.c, tools/tiffcmp.c: only read/write TIFFTAG_GROUP3OPTIONS or TIFFTAG_GROUP4OPTIONS if compression is COMPRESSION_CCITTFAX3 or COMPRESSION_CCITTFAX4 <a href="http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2493">http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2493</a> (<a href="https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8128">CVE-2014-8128</a>) 2014-12-21 Even Rouault <even.rouault> Fix various crasher bugs on fuzzed images. * libtiff/tif_dir.c: TIFFSetField(): refuse to set negative values for TIFFTAG_XRESOLUTION and TIFFTAG_YRESOLUTION that cause asserts when writing the directory * libtiff/tif_dirread.c: TIFFReadDirectory(): refuse to read ColorMap or TransferFunction if BitsPerSample has not yet been read, otherwise reading it later will cause user code to crash if BitsPerSample > 1 * libtiff/tif_getimage.c: TIFFRGBAImageOK(): return FALSE if LOGLUV with SamplesPerPixel != 3, or if CIELAB with SamplesPerPixel != 3 or BitsPerSample != 8 * libtiff/tif_next.c: in the "run mode", use tilewidth for tiled images instead of imagewidth to avoid crash * tools/bmp2tiff.c: fix crash due to int overflow related to input BMP dimensions * tools/tiff2pdf.c: fix crash due to invalid tile count (should likely be checked by libtiff too). Detect invalid settings of BitsPerSample/SamplesPerPixel for CIELAB / ITULAB * tools/tiffcrop.c: fix crash due to invalid TileWidth/TileHeight * tools/tiffdump.c: fix crash due to overflow of entry count. 2014-12-21 Even Rouault <even.rouault> * tools/tiff2pdf.c: check return code of TIFFGetField() when reading TIFFTAG_SAMPLESPERPIXEL The below bugs are not yet fixed: - <a href="https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8128">CVE-2014-8128</a> libtiff: Out-of-bounds Write in the thumbnail and tiffcmp tools <a href="http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2499">http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2499</a> - <a href="https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8128">CVE-2014-8128</a> libtiff: Out-of-bounds Writes in the tiffdither tool <a href="http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2501">http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2501</a>
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The severity of REDHAT-BUG-1185812 is categorized as high due to the potential for multiple out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities.
To fix REDHAT-BUG-1185812, you should update to the latest patched version of libtiff that addresses the reported vulnerabilities.
REDHAT-BUG-1185812 affects multiple tools within the libtiff suite, particularly those that handle thumbnails.
Out-of-bounds writes in REDHAT-BUG-1185812 refer to vulnerabilities where the software writes data outside the allocated memory space, potentially leading to crashes or arbitrary code execution.
You can determine if your system is vulnerable to REDHAT-BUG-1185812 by checking the version of libtiff installed and comparing it against the fixed versions provided by the vendor.