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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2965-1                   security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                           Michael Gilbert
June 22, 2014                          http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : tiff
CVE ID         : CVE-2013-4243
Debian Bug     : 742917

Murray McAllister discovered a heap-based buffer overflow in the gif2tiff
command line tool.  Executing gif2tiff on a malicious tiff image could
result in arbitrary code execution.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.0.2-6+deb7u3.

For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem will be fixed soon.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.0.3-9.

We recommend that you upgrade your tiff packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: DSA-2965-1: tiff security update

June 22, 2014
Murray McAllister discovered a heap-based buffer overflow in the gif2tiff command line tool

Summary

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.0.2-6+deb7u3.

For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem will be fixed soon.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.0.3-9.

We recommend that you upgrade your tiff packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Severity
Murray McAllister discovered a heap-based buffer overflow in the gif2tiff
command line tool. Executing gif2tiff on a malicious tiff image could
result in arbitrary code execution.

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