Overview
An integer overflow in LibTIFF may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Description
LibTIFF is a library used to encode and decode images in Tag Image File Format (TIFF). An integer overflow in the TIFFFetchStripThing() routine within the tif_dirread.c file may allow an attacker to cause a heap-based buffer overflow. A lack of input validation on user-controlled data concerning the size of an TIFF image may allow a remote attacker to manipulate a call to malloc() to create a buffer with insufficient size. When data is copied to this under-sized buffer, a heap-based buffer overflow may occur. Note that in order to exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must craft a TIFF image with the STRIPOFFSETS flag set. |
Impact
If a remote attacker can persuade a user to access a specially crafted TIFF image, that attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of that user. |
Solution
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Vendor Information
Apple Computer Inc. Affected
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: May 05, 2005
Status
Affected
Vendor Statement
This is addressed in Security Update 2005-005. Further information is available at:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301528.
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The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
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Red Hat Inc. Affected
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: August 23, 2005
Status
Affected
Vendor Statement
This flaw was fixed as part of the update for CVE name CAN-2004-0886. Updates are available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 2.1 to correct this issue. New libtiff packages along with our advisory are available at the URL below and by using the Red Hat Network 'up2date' tool.
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-577.html
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Sun Microsystems Inc. Affected
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: February 02, 2005
Status
Affected
Vendor Statement
Sun is affected by this libtiff vulnerability (CERT VU#539110) which corresponds to CVE CAN-2004-1307 and is also affected by the following libtiff vulnerabilities: CAN-2004-1308 (CERT VU#125598), CAN-2004-0803, CAN-2004-0804, and CAN-2004-0886. The following libraries in Solaris are affected:
Solaris 7, 8, 9 - OpenWindows
/usr/openwin/lib/libtiff.so.3
Solaris 9 - Sun Freeware
/usr/sfw/lib/libtiff.so.3
The libtiff.so library in the Sun Java Desktop System (JDS) is affected by this issue in JDS release 2003 and JDS release 2.
Sun is generating patches to update libtiff to v3.7.1 for the above affected libraries and will be publishing Sun Alerts for these libtiff vulnerabilities shortly.
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Conectiva Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Cray Inc. Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Debian Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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EMC Corporation Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Engarde Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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F5 Networks Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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FreeBSD Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Fujitsu Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Hitachi Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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IBM Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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IBM eServer Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: February 02, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
For information related to this and other published CERT Advisories that may relate to the IBM eServer Platforms (xSeries, iSeries, pSeries, and zSeries) please go to
In order to access this information you will require a Resource Link ID.To subscribe to Resource Link go to
and follow the steps for registration.
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IBM-zSeries Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Immunix Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Ingrian Networks Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Juniper Networks Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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MandrakeSoft Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Microsoft Corporation Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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MontaVista Software Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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NEC Corporation Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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NetBSD Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Nokia Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Novell Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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OpenBSD Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Openwall GNU/*/Linux Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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SCO Linux Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
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We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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SCO Unix Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
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We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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SGI Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Sequent Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
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Sony Corporation Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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SuSE Inc. Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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TurboLinux Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Unisys Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Wind River Systems Inc. Unknown
Notified: January 21, 2005 Updated: January 24, 2005
Status
Unknown
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CVSS Metrics
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References
Acknowledgements
This vulnerability was reported by iDefense Security.iDefense credits infamous41md with discovering this vulnerability.
This document was written by Jeff Gennari.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2004-1307 |
| Severity Metric: | 5.04 |
| Date Public: | 2004-12-21 |
| Date First Published: | 2005-01-20 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2005-08-23 15:37 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 73 |