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CVE-2023-6228

Publication date 18 December 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Why is this CVE low priority?

Crash in command-line tool, low security impact

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libgeotiff 24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored
23.04 lunar Ignored
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
libtk-img 24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored
23.04 lunar Ignored
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
povray 24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored
23.04 lunar Ignored
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
tiff 24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 4.5.1+git230720-1ubuntu1.1
23.04 lunar Ignored
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.8
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.12
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty

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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

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-6644-1
    • LibTIFF vulnerabilities
    • 19 February 2024
    • USN-6644-2
    • LibTIFF vulnerabilities
    • 27 February 2024

Other references