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Debian 7 Wheezy DLA-1023-1 Critical: tiff3 Denial Of Service Risk

debian lts
Calendar Grey July 11, 2017
Dist Debian Esm H88
Enhance tiff3 software on Debian 7 to address a denial of service threat due to libtiff flaws. Urgent patches ready for deployment.
A vulnerabilitie has been discovered in the libtiff library and the included tools, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code

Summary

CVE-2017-9936

A crafted TIFF document can lead to a memory leak resulting in a
remote denial of service attack.


For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version
3.9.6-11+deb7u7.

We recommend that you upgrade your tiff3 packages.

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


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<pre><font face="Courier">Package: tiff3
Version: 3.9.6-11+deb7u7
CVE ID: CVE-2017-9936
Debian Bug: 866113

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