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Fedora 11: 2009-7417 Critical: LZW Decoding Crash Issue in libtiff

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Calendar Grey July 3, 2009
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Kernel patch for Fedora 11 resolves severe LZW decompression failure within the libtiff library. Vital for image processing.
Fixes latest libtiff LZW decoding crash problem

Summary

The libtiff package contains a library of functions for manipulating

TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) image format files. TIFF is a widely

used file format for bitmapped images. TIFF files usually end in the

.tif extension and they are often quite large.

The libtiff package should be installed if you need to manipulate TIFF

format image files.

Update Information:

Fixes latest libtiff LZW decoding crash problem

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora crash fix image handling libtiff LZW decoding

Change Log

* Wed Jul 1 2009 Tom Lane 3.8.2-13 - Fix some more LZW decoding vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-2285) Related: #507465 - Update upstream URL

References


[ 1 ] Bug #507465 - CVE-2009-2285 libtiff: LZWDecodeCompat underflow https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507465

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update libtiff' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: libtiff
Product: Fedora 11
Version: 3.8.2
Release: 13.fc11
URL: Summary : Library of functions for manipulating TIFF format image files

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora crash fix image handling libtiff LZW decoding

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