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Slackware alert SSA:2006-230-01 (libtiff)

From:  Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To:  slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject:  [slackware-security] libtiff (SSA:2006-230-01)
Date:  Fri, 18 Aug 2006 01:00:57 -0700 (PDT)

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] libtiff (SSA:2006-230-01) New libtiff packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix security issues. These issues could be used to crash programs linked to libtiff or possibly to execute code as the program's user. Thanks to Tavis Ormandy and the Google Security Team. 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=CVE-2006-3459 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3460 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3461 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3462 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3463 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3464 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3465 Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/libtiff-3.8.2-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz: Patched vulnerabilities in libtiff which were found by Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team. These issues could be used to crash programs linked to libtiff or possibly to execute code as the program's user. A low risk command-line overflow in tiffsplit was also patched. For more details, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3459 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3460 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3461 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3462 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3463 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3464 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3465 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com? Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading from ftp.slackware.com. Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you. 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 10.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patc... Updated package for Slackware 10.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patc... Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s... MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 9.0 package: 8b59a74e9a62bd5a6535658ff66b8d11 libtiff-3.8.2-i386-1_slack9.0.tgz Slackware 9.1 package: 79406d875eaf03bd100bcf20b54f708c libtiff-3.8.2-i486-1_slack9.1.tgz Slackware 10.0 package: 9238ef60318e9c31cbb831a42b0fafcb libtiff-3.8.2-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz Slackware 10.1 package: 7f8ecbe32bb9a27ca360f77d49a5f897 libtiff-3.8.2-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz Slackware 10.2 package: e2755a744fab6a838a867db2c12035d2 libtiff-3.8.2-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz Slackware -current package: 4820279ae6acb71298c21393c8cdd310 libtiff-3.8.2-i486-2.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libtiff-3.8.2-i486-1_slack10.2.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 v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE5VX+akRjwEAQIjMRAoiGAJ4gQccBGG/aLjtXItscvwJPUEuyugCcC6md /kpYGJQ52TESkW9rZvJofeo= =Ugd4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


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