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Ubuntu alert USN-1416-1 (tiff)
========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1416-1 April 04, 2012 tiff vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 11.10 - Ubuntu 11.04 - Ubuntu 10.10 - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Summary: The TIFF library could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description: - tiff: Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library Details: Alexander Gavrun discovered that the TIFF library incorrectly allocated space for a tile. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted TIFF image, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges, or crash the application, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2012-1173) It was discovered that the tiffdump utility incorrectly handled directory data structures with many directory entries. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted TIFF image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 10.10 and Ubuntu 11.04. (CVE-2010-4665) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.10: libtiff4 3.9.5-1ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 11.04: libtiff4 3.9.4-5ubuntu6.1 Ubuntu 10.10: libtiff4 3.9.4-2ubuntu0.5 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libtiff4 3.9.2-2ubuntu0.8 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: libtiff4 3.8.2-7ubuntu3.10 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1416-1 CVE-2010-4665, CVE-2012-1173 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/3.9.5-1ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/3.9.4-5ubuntu6.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/3.9.4-2ubuntu0.5 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/3.9.2-2ubuntu0.8 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/3.8.2-7ubuntu3.10 -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security... (Log in to post comments)
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