National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-3463
Original release date:08/03/2006
Last revised:09/10/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The EstimateStripByteCounts function in TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2 uses a 16-bit unsigned short when iterating over an unsigned 32-bit value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a large td_nstrips value, which triggers an infinite loop.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
- Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1137
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2006:136
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-558
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-330-1
External Source: BID
Name: 19284
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2006:0648
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2006:0603
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2006:044
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2006:137
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2006:136
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200608-07
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-4034
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-3486
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-3105
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-166.htm
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 201331
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 103160
External Source: SLACKWARE
Name: SSA:2006-230
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1016628
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27832
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27222
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27181
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22036
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21632
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21598
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21537
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21501
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21392
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21370
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21346
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21338
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21334
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21319
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21304
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21290
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21274
External Source: TRUSTIX
Name: 2006-0044
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2006:137
External Source: SGI
Name: 20060901-01-P
External Source: SGI
Name: 20060801-01-P