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Gentoo: GLSA-201402-21 Normal: libTIFF Remote Code Execution and DoS

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Numerous security flaws in libTIFF allow remote threat actors to execute unauthorized commands or induce denial of service conditions within Gentoo systems.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libTIFF, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libTIFF. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Gentoo remote code execution libTIFF

Resolution

All libTIFF 4.* users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/tiff-4.0.3-r6"
All libTIFF 3.* users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/tiff-3.9.7-r1"
Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying these packages.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-4447 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4447 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-4564 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4564 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-1960 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1960 [ 4 ] CVE-2013-1961 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1961 [ 5 ] CVE-2013-4231 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4231 [ 6 ] CVE-2013-4232 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4232 [ 7 ] CVE-2013-4244 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4244

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201402-21
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: February 21, 2014
Bugs: #440154, #440944, #468334, #480466, #486590
ID: 201402-21

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Gentoo remote code execution libTIFF

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libTIFF, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.

Background

libTIFF provides support for reading and manipulating TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) images.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/tiff < 4.0.3-r6 *>= 3.9.7-r1 >= 4.0.3-r6

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted TIFF file with an application making use of libTIFF, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.