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Bug 624698 (CVE-2017-9936)

Summary: <media-libs/tiff-4.0.9: memory leak in tif_jbig.c
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: Agostino Sarubbo <ago>
Component: VulnerabilitiesAssignee: Gentoo Security <security>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: minor CC: graphics+disabled
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/ede7b68218ebc835ca68026f532951f1f6568688
See Also: http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2706
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1469728
Whiteboard: A4 [noglsa cve]
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

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