=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1498-1
July 05, 2012
tiff vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
Summary:
The TIFF library could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.
Software Description:
- tiff: Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library
Details:
It was discovered that the TIFF library incorrectly handled certain
malformed TIFF images. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted TIFF image, a remote attacker could crash the
application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code with user privileges. (CVE-2012-2088)
It was discovered that the tiff2pdf utility incorrectly handled certain
malformed TIFF images. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted TIFF image, a remote attacker could crash the
application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code with user privileges. (CVE-2012-2113)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libtiff-tools 3.9.5-2ubuntu1.1
libtiff4 3.9.5-2ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 11.10:
libtiff-tools 3.9.5-1ubuntu1.2
libtiff4 3.9.5-1ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu 11.04:
libtiff-tools 3.9.4-5ubuntu6.2
libtiff4 3.9.4-5ubuntu6.2
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libtiff-tools 3.9.2-2ubuntu0.9
libtiff4 3.9.2-2ubuntu0.9
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
libtiff-tools 3.8.2-7ubuntu3.12
libtiff4 3.8.2-7ubuntu3.12
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1498-1
CVE-2012-2088, CVE-2012-2113
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/3.9.5-2ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/3.9.5-1ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/3.9.4-5ubuntu6.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/3.9.2-2ubuntu0.9
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/3.8.2-7ubuntu3.12