libtiff.so is vulnerable to buffer overflows. A malicious user can pass a tiff file to the LZWDecodeCompat
function in tif_lzw.c
, causing a buffer overflow that can crash the application or other cause arbitrary code to be executed.
bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2780
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2053
github.com/coapp-packages/libtiff/blob/876db09688b43d6c91fe8c551cc49787cf4b71a5/libtiff/tif_lzw.c#L732-L749
github.com/halfbitteam/POCs/tree/master/libtiff-4.08_tiff2ps_heap_overflow
github.com/vadz/libtiff/blob/Release-v3-9-4/libtiff/tif_lzw.c#L713
gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/58a898cb4459055bb488ca815c23b880c242a27d
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00008.html
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00009.html
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00002.html
usn.ubuntu.com/3864-1/
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4349