1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1655-1

USN-1655-1: LibTIFF vulnerability

Publication date

5 December 2012

Overview

Programs that use LibTIFF could be made to crash or run programs if they opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

  • tiff - Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library

Details

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed
images using the DOTRANGE tag. If a user or automated system were
tricked into opening a specially crafted TIFF image, a remote attacker
could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed
images using the DOTRANGE tag. If a user or automated system were
tricked into opening a specially crafted TIFF image, a remote attacker
could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
8.04 hardy libtiff4 –  3.8.2-7ubuntu3.16
12.04 precise libtiff4 –  3.9.5-2ubuntu1.4
11.10 oneiric libtiff4 –  3.9.5-1ubuntu1.5
10.04 lucid libtiff4 –  3.9.2-2ubuntu0.12

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