Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2015-8668: Security patch for libtiff (ALAS-2016-733)
8
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
01/08/2016
07/25/2018
08/22/2016
02/02/2018
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the PackBitsPreEncode function in tif_packbits.c in bmp2tiff in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a large width field in a BMP image.
Solution(s)
- amazon-linux-upgrade-libtiff
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