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Fedora 11: 2009-7775 Critical: LibTiff Integer Overflow Issue

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Calendar Grey July 19, 2009
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Integer overflow flaws resolved in libtiff for Fedora 11, reducing crash incidents and bolstering security measures.
CVE-2009-2347 libtiff: integer overflows in various inter-color spaces conversion tools (crash, ACE) Not the same as last week's libtiff security issue ...

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:

CVE-2009-2347 libtiff: integer overflows in various inter-color spaces conversion tools (crash, ACE) Not the same as last week's libtiff security issue ...

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical Fedora integer overflow libtiff crash

Change Log

* Mon Jul 13 2009 Tom Lane 3.8.2-14 - Fix buffer overrun risks caused by unchecked integer overflow (CVE-2009-2347) Related: #510041 * 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 #510041 - EMBARGOED CVE-2009-2347 libtiff: integer overflows in various inter-color spaces conversion tools (crash, ACE) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510041

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: 14.fc11
URL: Summary : Library of functions for manipulating TIFF format image files

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical Fedora integer overflow libtiff crash

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