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Bug 624698 (CVE-2017-9936) - <media-libs/tiff-4.0.9: memory leak in tif_jbig.c
Summary: <media-libs/tiff-4.0.9: memory leak in tif_jbig.c
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2017-9936
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal minor (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/co...
Whiteboard: A4 [noglsa cve]
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Reported: 2017-07-12 15:12 UTC by Agostino Sarubbo
Modified: 2018-06-11 15:12 UTC (History)
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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2017-07-12 15:12:25 UTC 
From ${URL} :

In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a memory leak in tif_jbig.c. A crafted TIFF
document can lead to a memory leak resulting in a remote denial of
service attack.

Upstream bug:

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2706


@maintainer(s): after the bump, in case we need to stabilize the package, please let us know if it is ready for the stabilization or not.
Comment 2 Aaron Bauman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2018-06-11 15:12:53 UTC 
cleanup will occur in bug 624696

GLSA Vote: No