27729 : LibTIFF Custom Tag Support Unspecified Issue
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10 months ago

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Disclosure
Aug 02, 2006

Discovery
Unknown

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Exploit
Unknown

Solution
Unknown

Description

 LibTIFF contains an unspecified local overflow related to custom tag support in the TIFF library that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. No further details have been provided.

Classification

 Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

 Upgrade to version 3.8.2 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

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Sam Leffler
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libtiff
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 3.5.x
3.6.x
3.7.x
3.8.0
3.8.1

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