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libtiff: buffer overflow

Package(s):

libtiff

CVE #(s):

CVE-2006-2656

Created:

May 26, 2006

Updated:

June 8, 2006

Description:

The tiffsplit command has a problem in the way that it handles fixed-size buffers, a stack overflow can result.

Alerts:

Ubuntu	USN-289-1	2006-06-08
Debian	DSA-1091-1	2006-06-08
Mandriva	MDKSA-2006:095	2006-06-05
Fedora	FEDORA-2006-592	2006-05-25
Fedora	FEDORA-2006-591	2006-05-25

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