Gentoo: GLSA 200605-17 Normal: libTIFF Code Execution Risk Advisory
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May 30, 2006
Multiple vulnerabilities in libTIFF could lead to the execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200605-17
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: May 30, 2006
Bugs: #129675
ID: 200605-17
Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities in libTIFF could lead to the execution of
arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.
Background
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libTIFF provides support for reading and manipulating TIFF images.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-libs/tiff < 3.8.1 >= 3.8.1
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Multiple vulnerabilities, ranging from integer overflows and NULL
pointer dereferences to double frees, were reported in libTIFF.
Impact
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An attacker could exploit th...
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