CVE-2009-2285

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2009-01-03
Bugzilla:
507465: CVE-2009-2285 libtiff: LZWDecodeCompat underflow

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Buffer underflow in the LZWDecodeCompat function in libtiff 3.8.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted TIFF image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2327.

Find out more about CVE-2009-2285 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (libtiff) RHSA-2009:1159 2009-07-16
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (libtiff) RHSA-2009:1159 2009-07-16
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (libtiff) RHSA-2009:1159 2009-07-16

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