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Debian 7 Wheezy: DLA-1391-1 Critical: TIFF Denial Of Service

debian lts
Calendar Grey June 1, 2018
Dist Debian Esm H88
Enhance image processing tools by updating tiff libraries to address potential denial of service exploits found within the libtiff framework.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the libtiff library and the included tools, which may result in denial of service: CVE-2017-11613
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Summary

Ddenial of service vulnerability in the TIFFOpen function. A crafted
input will lead to a denial of service attack and can either make the
system hand or trigger the OOM killer.

CVE-2018-5784

There is an uncontrolled resource consumption in TIFFSetDirectory function
of src/libtiff/tif_dir.c, which can cause denial of service through a
crafted tif file.

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version
4.0.2-6+deb7u21.

We recommend that you upgrade your tiff 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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cheers,
Holger


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<pre><font face="Courier">Package: tiff
Version: 4.0.2-6+deb7u21
CVE ID: CVE-2017-11613 CVE-2018-5784
Debian Bug: #869823 #890441

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