USN-3212-3: LibTIFF vulnerabilities
19 July 2017
LibTIFF could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- tiff - Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library
Details
USN-3212-1 and USN-3212-2 fixed a vulnerabilitiy in LibTIFF. This update provides a subset of
corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed
images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially
crafted 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
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Related notices
- USN-3212-1: libtiff5, libtiff5-alt-dev, libtiff4-dev, libtiff-opengl, libtiff5-dev, libtiffxx5, tiff, libtiff-tools, libtiff-doc