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Gentoo: GLSA-200809-07 Normal: libTIFF Buffer Underflow Remote Execution

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Calendar Grey September 8, 2008
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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 202109-09 reveals vulnerabilities in OpenSSL leading to potential data leaks.
Multiple buffer underflow vulnerabilities in libTIFF may allow for the remote execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200809-07 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: libTIFF: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code Date: September 08, 2008 Bugs: #234080 ID: 200809-07

Synopsis ======= Multiple buffer underflow vulnerabilities in libTIFF may allow for the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= libTIFF provides support for reading and manipulating TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) images.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/tiff < 3.8.2-r4 >= 3.8.2-r4
========== Drew Yao (Apple Product Security) and Clay Wood reported multiple buffer underflows in the LZWDecode() and...

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