1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-54-1

USN-54-1: TIFF library tool vulnerability

Publication date

7 January 2005

Overview

TIFF library tool vulnerability

Releases

Details

Dmitry V. Levin discovered a buffer overflow in the “tiffdump”
utility. If an attacker tricked a user into processing a malicious
TIFF image with tiffdump, they could cause a buffer overflow which at
least causes the program to crash. However, it is not entirely clear
whether this can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user opening the image.

Dmitry V. Levin discovered a buffer overflow in the “tiffdump”
utility. If an attacker tricked a user into processing a malicious
TIFF image with tiffdump, they could cause a buffer overflow which at
least causes the program to crash. However, it is not entirely clear
whether this can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user opening the image.

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
4.10 warty libtiff-tools – 

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