CVE-2006-3465

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the custom tag support for the TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (instability or crash) and execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 12.48% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory slackware.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory lwn.net Vendor Advisory sun.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060801-01-P	vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21501	third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9067	vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/21537	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21632	third party advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-07.xml	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21338	third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-330-1	vendor advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-166.htm
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101	vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016628	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21253	third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1137	patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21370	third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016671	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21598	third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0648.html	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:137	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4034	vdb entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_44_libtiff.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21290	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21274	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3105	vdb entry
http://www.osvdb.org/27729	vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0603.html	vendor advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.asc	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21304	third party advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.536600	vendor advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304063
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-558
http://secunia.com/advisories/27832	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21346	third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201331-1	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19287	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21319	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21392	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21334	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22036	third party advisory
http://lwn.net/Alerts/194228/	vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103160-1	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-3465?: CVE-2006-3465 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-3465?: To fix CVE-2006-3465, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-3465 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-3465 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~12% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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