LibTIFF Buffer Underflow in Decoding LZW Data Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1020750
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1020750
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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-2327
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Aug 26 2008
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Impact: Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Version(s): 3.7.2, 3.8.2
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in LibTIFF. A remote user can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system.
A remote user can create a specially crafted TIFF file that, when loaded by the target application using libTIFF, will trigger a
buffer underflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system. The code will run with the privileges of the target application.
The
vulnerability resides in 'tif_lzw.c'.
Drew Yao reported this vulnerability.
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Impact: A remote user can create a file that, when processed by the target application, will execute arbitrary code on the target system.
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Solution: No solution was available at the time of this entry.
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Vendor URL: www.libtiff.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Boundary error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Message History:
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:19:18 -0400
Subject: LibTIFF
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http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2008-2327
CVE-2008-2327
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