USN-1120-1: tiff vulnerability
21 April 2011
The TIFF library could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- tiff - TIFF manipulation and conversion tools
Details
It was discovered that the TIFF library incorrectly handled certain JPEG
data. 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.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 10.10
Ubuntu 10.04
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make
all the necessary changes.