=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5923-1
March 06, 2023
tiff vulnerabilities
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 22.10
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in LibTIFF.
Software Description:
- tiff: Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library
Details:
It was discovered that LibTIFF could be made to read out of bounds when
processing certain malformed image files with the tiffcrop tool. If a user
were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause tiffcrop to crash, resulting in a
denial of service. (CVE-2023-0795, CVE-2023-0796, CVE-2023-0797,
CVE-2023-0798, CVE-2023-0799)
It was discovered that LibTIFF could be made to write out of bounds when
processing certain malformed image files with the tiffcrop tool. If a user
were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause tiffcrop to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-0800,
CVE-2023-0801, CVE-2023-0802, CVE-2023-0803, CVE-2023-0804)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 22.10:
libtiff-tools 4.4.0-4ubuntu3.3
libtiff5 4.4.0-4ubuntu3.3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
libtiff-tools 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.4
libtiff5 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.4
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
libtiff-tools 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.8
libtiff5 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.8
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
libtiff-tools 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10
libtiff5 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
libtiff-tools 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm10
libtiff5 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm10
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
libtiff-tools 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm7
libtiff5 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm7
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5923-1
CVE-2023-0795, CVE-2023-0796, CVE-2023-0797, CVE-2023-0798,
CVE-2023-0799, CVE-2023-0800, CVE-2023-0801, CVE-2023-0802,
CVE-2023-0803, CVE-2023-0804
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.4.0-4ubuntu3.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.3.0-6ubuntu0.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.8
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10
