GLSA 201904-15: libTIFF: Denial of Service

Severity:normal
Title:libTIFF: Denial of Service
Date:04/15/2019
Bugs: #669948
ID:201904-15

Synopsis

A vulnerability in libTIFF could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Background

The TIFF library contains encoding and decoding routines for the Tag Image File Format. It is called by numerous programs, including GNOME and KDE applications, to interpret TIFF images.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
media-libs/tiff < 4.0.10 >= 4.0.10 All supported architectures

Description

Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All tiff users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/tiff-4.0.10"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201904-15.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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