GLSA 201209-02: libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:normal
Title:libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:09/23/2012
Bugs: #307001, #324885, #357271, #359871, #371308, #410931, #422673, #427166
ID:201209-02

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities in libTIFF could result in execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.

Background

libTIFF provides support for reading and manipulating TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) images.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
media-libs/tiff < 4.0.2-r1 >= 4.0.2-r1 All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libTIFF. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted TIFF file with an application making use of libTIFF, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All libTIFF 4.0 users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/tiff-4.0.2-r1"
    

All libTIFF 3.9 users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/tiff-3.9.5-r2"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-02.xml

Concerns?

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License

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