GLSA 202003-25: libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities
Severity: | normal |
Title: | libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities |
Date: | 03/15/2020 |
Bugs: |
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ID: | 202003-25 |
Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in LibTIFF, the worst of which could result in 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) |
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media-libs/tiff | < 4.1.0 | >= 4.1.0 | All supported architectures |
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libTIFF. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
A remote attacker, by enticing the user to process a specially crafted TIFF file, could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All libTIFF users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/tiff-4.1.0"
References
Availability
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Concerns?
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License
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