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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-8673
2015-05-21 13:07:49
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Name        : libtiff
Product     : Fedora 21
Version     : 4.0.3
Release     : 20.fc21
URL         : Summary     : Library of functions for manipulating TIFF format image files
Description :
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.

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Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2014-9655, CVE-2015-1547
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ChangeLog:

* Tue May 19 2015 Petr Hracek  - 4.0.3-20
- CVE-2014-9655 and CVE-2015-1547 #1190710
* Sat May  2 2015 Kalev Lember  - 4.0.3-19
- Rebuilt for GCC 5 C++11 ABI change
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1190703 - CVE-2014-9655 libtiff: use of uninitialized memory in putcontig8bitYCbCr21tile and NeXTDecode
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190703
  [ 2 ] Bug #1190709 - CVE-2015-1547 libtiff: use of uninitialized memory in NeXTDecode
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190709
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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 .

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 21: libtiff Security Update

May 30, 2015
Security fix for CVE-2014-9655, CVE-2015-1547

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:

Security fix for CVE-2014-9655, CVE-2015-1547

Change Log

* Tue May 19 2015 Petr Hracek - 4.0.3-20 - CVE-2014-9655 and CVE-2015-1547 #1190710 * Sat May 2 2015 Kalev Lember - 4.0.3-19 - Rebuilt for GCC 5 C++11 ABI change

References

[ 1 ] Bug #1190703 - CVE-2014-9655 libtiff: use of uninitialized memory in putcontig8bitYCbCr21tile and NeXTDecode https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190703 [ 2 ] Bug #1190709 - CVE-2015-1547 libtiff: use of uninitialized memory in NeXTDecode https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190709

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 .

Severity
Name : libtiff
Product : Fedora 21
Version : 4.0.3
Release : 20.fc21
URL : Summary : Library of functions for manipulating TIFF format image files

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