| Name | CVE-2017-9815 |
| Description | In LibTIFF 4.0.7, the TIFFReadDirEntryLong8Array function in libtiff/tif_dirread.c mishandles a malloc operation, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak within the function _TIFFmalloc in tif_unix.c) via a crafted file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| tiff (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.0.3-12.3+deb8u17 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 4.0.8-2+deb9u8 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.0.8-2+deb9u12 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u9 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 4.2.0-1+deb11u5 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 4.5.0-6+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4.5.1+git230720-5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| tiff | source | wheezy | 4.0.2-6+deb7u14 | | | |
| tiff | source | jessie | 4.0.3-12.3+deb8u4 | | | |
| tiff | source | (unstable) | 4.0.8-1 | | | |
| tiff3 | source | wheezy | 3.9.6-11+deb7u6 | | | |
| tiff3 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2682
Fixed by: https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/fb3dc46a2fcf6197ff3b93fc76f0c37fddc0333b
The issue is addressed with the same commit as for CVE-2017-9403