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Debian Stretch: DLA-2777-1 Moderate: TIFF Denial Service Threat

debian lts
Calendar Grey October 9, 2021
Dist Debian Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5281-1 deals with vulnerabilities in the JPEG file format, maintaining system integrity through timely patches.
Two security issues were found in TIFF, a widely used format for storing image data, as follows: CVE-2020-19131
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security advisory buffer overflow denial service Debian image processing tiff

Summary

CVE-2020-19131

Buffer Overflow in LibTiff allows attackers to cause
a denial of service via the "invertImage()" function
in the component "tiffcrop".

CVE-2020-19144

Buffer Overflow in LibTiff allows attackers to cause
a denial of service via the 'in _TIFFmemcpy' funtion
in the component 'tif_unix.c'.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version
4.0.8-2+deb9u7.

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


Package: tiff
Version: 4.0.8-2+deb9u7
CVE ID: CVE-2020-19131 CVE-2020-19144

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security advisory buffer overflow denial service Debian image processing tiff

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