Stack-based buffer overflow in the tiffsplit command in libtiff 3.8.2...
Vulnerability Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the tiffsplit command in libtiff 3.8.2 and earlier might might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename. NOTE: tiffsplit is not setuid. If there is not a common scenario under which tiffsplit is called with attacker-controlled command line arguments, then perhaps this issue should not be included in CVE.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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References
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2006-May/msg00127.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20520
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20766
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200607-03.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20501
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1091
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0008.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:095
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21002
- http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=114857412916909&w=2
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/289-1/
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