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Ubuntu alert USN-1511-1 (tiff)
========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1511-1 July 19, 2012 tiff vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 11.10 - Ubuntu 11.04 - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Summary: tiff2pdf 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: Huzaifa Sidhpurwala discovered that the tiff2pdf utility incorrectly handled certain malformed TIFF images. 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. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libtiff-tools 3.9.5-2ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu 11.10: libtiff-tools 3.9.5-1ubuntu1.3 Ubuntu 11.04: libtiff-tools 3.9.4-5ubuntu6.3 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libtiff-tools 3.9.2-2ubuntu0.10 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: libtiff-tools 3.8.2-7ubuntu3.13 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1511-1 CVE-2012-3401 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/3.9.5-2ubuntu1.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/3.9.5-1ubuntu1.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/3.9.4-5ubuntu6.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/3.9.2-2ubuntu0.10 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/3.8.2-7ubuntu3.13 -- 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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