[Secure-testing-team] Bug#860000: tiff: CVE-2017-7593

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: tiff
Version: 4.0.7-5
Severity: important
Tags: upstream security
Forwarded: http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2651

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for tiff.

CVE-2017-7593[0]:
| tif_read.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 does not ensure that tif_rawdata is
| properly initialized, which might allow remote attackers to obtain
| sensitive information from process memory via a crafted image.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7593
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7593

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore