CVE-2023-6228

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

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libgeotiff	24.10 oracular	Needs evaluation
	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	Ignored end of standard support
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored end of standard support
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of standard support
libtk-img	24.10 oracular	Needs evaluation
	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
povray	24.10 oracular	Needs evaluation
	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
tiff	24.10 oracular	Fixed 4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu1
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu1
	23.10 mantic	Fixed 4.5.1+git230720-1ubuntu1.1
	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was needed
	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	Fixed 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm5 Ubuntu Pro
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm15 Ubuntu Pro
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm12 Ubuntu Pro

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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

Parameter	Value
Base score	3.3 · Low
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	Low
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Cvss 3 Severity Score