CVE-2023-6228

Description

An issue was found in the tiffcp utility distributed by the libtiff package where a crafted TIFF file on processing may cause a heap-based buffer overflow leads to an application crash.

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Why is this CVE low priority?

Crash in command-line tool, low security impact

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
tiff	26.10 stonking	Fixed in 4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu1
	26.04 LTS resolute	Fixed in 4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu1
	25.10 questing	Fixed in 4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu1
	25.04 plucky	Fixed in 4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu1
	24.10 oracular	Fixed in 4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu1
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed in 4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu1
	23.10 mantic	Fixed in 4.5.1+git230720-1ubuntu1.1
	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was needed
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed in 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.8
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed in 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.12
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed in 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm5
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed in 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm15
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed in 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm12
libgeotiff	26.10 stonking	Needs evaluation
	26.04 LTS resolute	Needs evaluation
	25.10 questing	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	25.04 plucky	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Vulnerable
	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
libtk-img	26.10 stonking	Needs evaluation
	26.04 LTS resolute	Not affected
	25.10 questing	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	25.04 plucky	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Vulnerable
	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.04 LTS jammy	Vulnerable
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of standard support
povray	26.10 stonking	Needs evaluation
	26.04 LTS resolute	Needs evaluation
	25.10 questing	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	25.04 plucky	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.04 LTS jammy	Needs evaluation
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of standard support

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Notes

alexmurray

libtk-img and povray both seem to have embedded copies of tiff, whilst libgeotiff appears to duplicate the vulnerable function

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
tiff	Upstream: 1e7d217

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 3.3 · Low

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	Low

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	3.3 · Low
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-6644-1
LibTIFF vulnerabilities
19 February 2024

USN-6644-2
LibTIFF vulnerabilities
27 February 2024

Cvss 3 Severity Score