Fedora 8: 2021-4568 Moderate Vulnerability in LibTiff LZW Decoder
fedora
September 10, 2008
Fixes LZW decoding vulnerabilities described in CVE-2008-2327
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 LZW decoding vulnerabilities described in CVE-2008-2327
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Tue Aug 26 2008 Tom Lane
References
[ 1 ] Bug #458674 - CVE-2008-2327 libtiff: use of uninitialized memory in LZW decoder
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458674
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 8
Version: 3.8.2
Release: 11.fc8
Summary: Library of functions for manipulating TIFF format image files
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