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Slackware alert SSA:2004-305-02 (libtiff)

From:  Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To:  slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject:  [slackware-security] libtiff (SSA:2004-305-02)
Date:  Mon, 1 Nov 2004 00:00:50 -0800 (PST)

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] libtiff (SSA:2004-305-02) New libtiff packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.1, and -current to fix security issues that could lead to application crashes, or possibly execution of arbitrary code. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0803 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0804 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0886 Here are the details from the Slackware 10.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/libtiff-3.7.0-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to libtiff-3.7.0. This fixes several bugs that could lead to crashes, or could possibly allow arbitrary code to be executed. For more details, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0803 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0804 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0886 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ Updated package for Slackware 8.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patch... Updated package for Slackware 9.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patch... Updated package for Slackware 9.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patch... Updated package for Slackware 10.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patc... Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s... MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 8.1 package: 13c265d491293ab098ff32f204813ba6 libtiff-3.5.7-i386-3.tgz Slackware 9.0 package: 04256c3f750ef84e620ef5ac96a3d5ff libtiff-3.5.7-i386-4.tgz Slackware 9.1 package: 0c767736c44faa6c4e57dbe18b03046e libtiff-3.5.7-i486-4.tgz Slackware 10.0 package: 44da0e434b86e744e8845b845705e1b7 libtiff-3.7.0-i486-1.tgz Slackware -current package: f02243e50f71fccb1b4ec9827e326056 libtiff-3.7.0-i486-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libtiff-3.7.0-i486-1.tgz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security@slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | To leave the slackware-security mailing list: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Send an email to majordomo@slackware.com with this text in the body of | | the email message: | | | | unsubscribe slackware-security | | | | You will get a confirmation message back containing instructions to | | complete the process. Please do not reply to this email address. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBhcMFakRjwEAQIjMRAsvfAJ4yRrEm1MnBtdC6Chbf/PbiRXckvwCfRK81 1pkBLetVSOYA4ZovyL4sw2U= =hgR2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


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