Ubuntu Security Notice USN-954-1
21st June, 2010
tiff vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 9.10
- Ubuntu 9.04
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Summary
Multiple integer overflows leading to crashes or arbitrary code execution.
Software description
- tiff - TIFF image manipulation library
Details
Kevin Finisterre discovered that the TIFF library did not correctly handle
certain image structures. If a user or automated system were tricked
into opening a specially crafted TIFF image, a remote attacker could
execute arbitrary code with user privileges, or crash the application,
leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2010-1411)
Dan Rosenberg and Sauli Pahlman discovered multiple flaws in the TIFF
library. If a user or automated system were into opening a specially
crafted TIFF image, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code
with user privileges, or crash the application, leading to a denial
of service. (Only Ubuntu 10.04 LTS was affected.) (CVE-2010-2065,
CVE-2010-2067)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
- libtiff4 3.9.2-2ubuntu0.3
- Ubuntu 9.10:
- libtiff4 3.8.2-13ubuntu0.3
- Ubuntu 9.04:
- libtiff4 3.8.2-11ubuntu0.9.04.6
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
- libtiff4 3.8.2-7ubuntu3.6
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- libtiff4 3.7.4-1ubuntu3.8
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make
all the necessary changes.