1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1498-1

USN-1498-1: tiff vulnerabilities

Publication date

5 July 2012

Overview

The TIFF library could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

  • tiff - Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library

Details

It was discovered that the TIFF library incorrectly handled certain
malformed TIFF images. 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. (CVE-2012-2088)

It was discovered that the tiff2pdf utility incorrectly handled certain
malformed TIFF images. 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. (CVE-2012-2113)

It was discovered that the TIFF library incorrectly handled certain
malformed TIFF images. 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. (CVE-2012-2088)

It was discovered that the tiff2pdf utility incorrectly handled certain
malformed TIFF images. 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. (CVE-2012-2113)

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 –  3.8.2-7ubuntu3.12
libtiff-tools –  3.8.2-7ubuntu3.12
12.04 precise libtiff4 –  3.9.5-2ubuntu1.1
libtiff-tools –  3.9.5-2ubuntu1.1
11.10 oneiric libtiff4 –  3.9.5-1ubuntu1.2
libtiff-tools –  3.9.5-1ubuntu1.2
11.04 natty libtiff4 –  3.9.4-5ubuntu6.2
libtiff-tools –  3.9.4-5ubuntu6.2
10.04 lucid libtiff4 –  3.9.2-2ubuntu0.9
libtiff-tools –  3.9.2-2ubuntu0.9

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