Gentoo: GLSA-200809-07 Normal: libTIFF Buffer Underflow Remote Execution
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September 8, 2008
Multiple buffer underflow vulnerabilities in libTIFF may allow for the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
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
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Multiple buffer underflow vulnerabilities in libTIFF may allow for the
remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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libTIFF provides support for reading and manipulating TIFF (Tagged
Image File Format) images.
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1 media-libs/tiff < 3.8.2-r4 >= 3.8.2-r4
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Drew Yao (Apple Product Security) and Clay Wood reported multiple
buffer underflows in the LZWDecode() and...
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