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Debian: DSA-4870-1 Critical: tiff DoS and Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey March 12, 2021
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Update tiff libraries to resolve vulnerabilities related to denial of service and potential code execution. Discover further details here.
Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in the libtiff library and the included tools, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if malformed image ...

Summary

Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in the libtiff library
and the included tools, which may result in denial of service or the
execution of arbitrary code if malformed image files are processed.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your tiff packages.

For the detailed security status of tiff please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/tiff

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



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Package: tiff
CVE ID: CVE-2020-35523 CVE-2020-35524

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