USN-3906-2: LibTIFF vulnerabilities
tiff vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
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
USN-3906-1 and USN-3864-1fixed several vulnerabilities in LibTIFF. This update
provides the 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 ESM
- libtiff-tools – 3.9.5-2ubuntu1.12
- libtiff4 – 3.9.5-2ubuntu1.12
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
- USN-3906-1
- CVE-2018-10779
- CVE-2018-12900
- CVE-2018-1710
- CVE-2018-17100
- CVE-2018-17101
- CVE-2018-18557
- CVE-2019-6128
- CVE-2019-7663
Source: USN-3906-2: LibTIFF vulnerabilities
