1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5604-1

USN-5604-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities

Publication date

8 September 2022

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in LibTIFF.

Releases

Packages

  • tiff - Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library

Details

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service,
or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-2867, CVE-2022-2869)

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2022-2868)

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service,
or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-2867, CVE-2022-2869)

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2022-2868)

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
16.04 xenial libtiff-opengl –  4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm3  
libtiffxx5 –  4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm3  
libtiff5 –  4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm3  
libtiff-tools –  4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm3  
14.04 trusty libtiff-opengl –  4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm3  
libtiffxx5 –  4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm3  
libtiff5 –  4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm3  
libtiff-tools –  4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm3  

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