1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5705-1

USN-5705-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities

Publication date

27 October 2022

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in LibTIFF.

Releases

Packages

  • tiff - Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library

Details

Chintan Shah discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled memory in
certain conditions. An attacker could trick a user into processing a specially
crafted image file and potentially use this issue to allow for information
disclosure or to cause the application to crash. (CVE-2022-3570)

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled memory in certain
conditions. An attacker could trick a user into processing a specially
crafted tiff file and potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2022-3598)

Chintan Shah discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled memory in
certain conditions. An attacker could trick a user into processing a specially
crafted image file and potentially use this issue to allow for information
disclosure or to cause the application to crash. (CVE-2022-3570)

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled memory in certain
conditions. An attacker could trick a user into processing a specially
crafted tiff file and potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2022-3598)

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-tools –  4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm6  

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