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Gentoo: GLSA-201701-16 Critical: libTIFF Arbitrary Code Execution

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Calendar Grey January 9, 2017
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws in libTIFF could lead to execution of arbitrary code and Denial of Service; an upgrade is advised.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libTIFF, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libTIFF. Please review the CVE identifier and bug reports referenced for details.

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security advisory denial of service gentoo critical arbitrary code libtiff

Resolution

All libTIFF users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/tiff-4.0.7"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-4243 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4243 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-8127 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8127 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-8128 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8128 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-8129 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8129 [ 5 ] CVE-2014-8130 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8130 [ 6 ] CVE-2014-9330 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9330 [ 7 ] CVE-2014-9655 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9655 [ 8 ] CVE-2015-1547 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1547 [ 9 ] CVE-2015-7313 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7313 [ 10 ] CVE-2015-7554 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7554 [ 11 ] CVE-2015-8665 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8665 [ 12 ] CVE-2015-8668 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8668 [ 13 ] CVE-2015-8683 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvena...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
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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.

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Severity: Normal
Title: libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 09, 2017
Bugs: #484542, #534108, #538318, #561880, #572876, #585274,
ID: 201701-16

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security advisory denial of service gentoo critical arbitrary code libtiff

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libTIFF, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background

The TIFF library contains encoding and decoding routines for the Tag Image File Format. It is called by numerous programs, including GNOME and KDE applications, to interpret TIFF images.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/tiff < 4.0.7 >= 4.0.7

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted image file, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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