USN-5705-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities

27 October 2022

Several security issues were fixed in LibTIFF.

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Releases

Packages

  • tiff - Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library

Details

Chintan Shah discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled memory in
certain conditions. An attacker could trick a user into processing a specially
crafted image file and potentially use this issue to allow for information
disclosure or to cause the application to crash. (CVE-2022-3570)

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled memory in certain
conditions. An attacker could trick a user into processing a specially
crafted tiff file and potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2022-3598)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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