USN-3602-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities
tiff vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
LibTIFF 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 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 16.04 LTS
- libtiff-tools – 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3
- libtiff5 – 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- libtiff-tools – 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8
- libtiff5 – 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
- CVE-2016-10266
- CVE-2016-10267
- CVE-2016-10268
- CVE-2016-10269
- CVE-2016-10371
- CVE-2017-10688
- CVE-2017-11335
- CVE-2017-12944
- CVE-2017-13726
- CVE-2017-13727
- CVE-2017-18013
- CVE-2017-7592
- CVE-2017-7593
- CVE-2017-7594
- CVE-2017-7595
- CVE-2017-7596
- CVE-2017-7597
- CVE-2017-7598
- CVE-2017-7599
- CVE-2017-7600
- CVE-2017-7601
- CVE-2017-7602
- CVE-2017-9403
- CVE-2017-9404
- CVE-2017-9815
- CVE-2017-9936
- CVE-2018-5784
Source: USN-3602-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities
