CVE-2009-2347
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Multiple integer overflows in inter-color spaces conversion tools in libtiff 3.8 through 3.8.2, 3.9, and 4.0 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TIFF image with large (1) width and (2) height values, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow in the (a) cvt_whole_image function in tiff2rgba and (b) tiffcvt function in rgb2ycbcr.
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CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 6.4 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| 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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