CVE-2017-16232 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause denial of service via memory leaks in LibTIFF, though third parties could not reproduce the issue.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-16232?
CVE-2017-16232 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Libtiff Libtiff, published on 17 Mar 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
LibTIFF 4.0.8 has multiple memory leak vulnerabilities, which allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by tif_open.c, tif_lzw.c, and tif_aux.c. NOTE: Third parties were unable to reproduce the issue
Weakness: CWE-772
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-16232?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Libtiff Libtiff, Opensuse Leap, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Linux Enterprise Server, Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit.
How do I fix CVE-2017-16232?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-16232 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-16232 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Libtiff Libtiff
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-16232, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16232, GHSA-7vph-w5xf-wrvp, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2017-16232, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16232.