National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-3459

Overview

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, including a large tdir_count value in the TIFFFetchShortPair function in tif_dirread.c

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA06-214A

Name: TA06-214A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1137

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1137

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21253

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21253

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:136

Hyperlink:http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:136

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-558

Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-558

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-330-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-330-1

External Source: BID

Name: 19289

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289

External Source: BID

Name: 19283

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19283

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2006:0648

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0648.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2006:0603

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0603.html

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 27723

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/27723

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2006:044

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_44_libtiff.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:137

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:137

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:136

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:136

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200608-07

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-07.xml

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-4034

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/4034

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-3486

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/3486

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-3105

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/3105

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-3101

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/3101

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-166.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-166.htm

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 201331

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201331-1

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 103160

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103160-1

External Source: SLACKWARE

Name: SSA:2006-230-01

Hyperlink:http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.536600

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1016671

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1016671

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1016628

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1016628

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27832

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27832

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27222

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27222

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27181

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27181

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22036

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22036

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21632

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21632

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21598

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21598

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21537

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21537

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21501

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21501

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21392

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21392

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21370

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21370

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21346

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21346

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21338

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21338

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21334

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21334

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21319

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21319

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21304

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21304

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21290

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21290

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21274

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21274

External Source: TRUSTIX

Name: 2006-0044

Hyperlink:http://lwn.net/Alerts/194228/

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2006-08-01

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:137

Hyperlink:http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:137

External Source: SGI

Name: 20060901-01-P

Hyperlink:ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.asc

External Source: SGI

Name: 20060801-01-P

Hyperlink:ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060801-01-P