USN-54-1: TIFF library tool vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 4.10

Details

Dmitry V. Levin discovered a buffer overflow in the "tiffdump"
utility. If an attacker tricked a user into processing a malicious
TIFF image with tiffdump, they could cause a buffer overflow which at
least causes the program to crash. However, it is not entirely clear
whether this can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user opening the image.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 4.10

• libtiff-tools -

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

References

• CVE-2004-1183