| Name | CVE-2024-7006 |
| Description | A null pointer dereference flaw was found in Libtiff via `tif_dirinfo.c`. This issue may allow an attacker to trigger memory allocation failures through certain means, such as restricting the heap space size or injecting faults, causing a segmentation fault. This can cause an application crash, eventually leading to a denial of service. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1078648 |
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 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 4.0.8-2+deb9u8 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.0.8-2+deb9u12 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u9 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 4.2.0-1+deb11u5 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 4.5.0-6+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| 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 | (unstable) | 4.5.1+git230720-5 | | | 1078648 |
Notes
[bookworm] - tiff <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - tiff <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/559
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/624
Fixed by: https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/818fb8ce881cf839fbc710f6690aadb992aa0f9e
[buster] - tiff <postponed> (Minor issue, DoS)
[stretch] - tiff <postponed> (Minor issue, DoS)
[jessie] - tiff <postponed> (Minor issue, DoS)