| Name | CVE-2023-52355 |
| Description | An out-of-memory flaw was found in libtiff that could be triggered by passing a crafted tiff file to the TIFFRasterScanlineSize64() API. This flaw allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted input with a size smaller than 379 KB. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| tiff (PTS) | buster | 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u4 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u9 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 4.2.0-1+deb11u5 | vulnerable |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 4.5.0-6+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| trixie, sid | 4.5.1+git230720-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| tiff | source | (unstable) | 4.5.1+git230720-4 | | | |
Notes
[bookworm] - tiff <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - tiff <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - tiff <ignored> (Minor issue, DoS)
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/621
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/553
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/335947359ce2dd3862cd9f7c49f92eba065dfed4
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/commit/16ab4a205cfc938c32686e8d697d048fabf97ed4
Issue fixed by providing a documentation update