PublicDateAtUSN: 2016-04-19
Candidate: CVE-2016-3186
PublicDate: 2016-04-19 14:59:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3186
 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/30/2
 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3606-1
Description:
 Buffer overflow in the readextension function in gif2tiff.c in LibTIFF
 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application
 crash) via a crafted GIF file.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
 mdeslaur> upstream removed the gif2tiff utility in 4.0.7
 mdeslaur> patch in redhat bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1319666#c6
 mdeslaur> we will not be fixing this issue in precise/esm
Bugs:
 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1319666
 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1319503
 http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2536
 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=819972
Priority: medium
Discovered-by: Aladdin Mubaied
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H [6.2 MEDIUM]

Patches_tiff:
upstream_tiff: released (4.0.6-3)
precise_tiff: ignored (reached end-of-life)
precise/esm_tiff: ignored
trusty_tiff: released (4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9)
trusty/esm_tiff: released (4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9)
vivid/stable-phone-overlay_tiff: ignored (reached end-of-life)
vivid/ubuntu-core_tiff: DNE
wily_tiff: ignored (reached end-of-life)
xenial_tiff: released (4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4)
esm-infra/xenial_tiff: released (4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4)
yakkety_tiff: ignored (reached end-of-life)
zesty_tiff: not-affected (4.0.7-1)
artful_tiff: not-affected (4.0.7-1)
devel_tiff: not-affected (4.0.7-1)