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Ubuntu alert USN-1655-1 (tiff)
========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1655-1 December 05, 2012 tiff vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 11.10 - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Summary: Programs that use LibTIFF could be made to crash or run programs if they opened a specially crafted file. Software Description: - tiff: Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library Details: It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed images using the DOTRANGE tag. 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: libtiff4 3.9.5-2ubuntu1.4 Ubuntu 11.10: libtiff4 3.9.5-1ubuntu1.5 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libtiff4 3.9.2-2ubuntu0.12 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: libtiff4 3.8.2-7ubuntu3.16 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1655-1 CVE-2012-5581 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/3.9.5-2ubuntu1.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/3.9.5-1ubuntu1.5 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/3.9.2-2ubuntu0.12 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/3.8.2-7ubuntu3.16 -- 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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