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Gentoo: GLSA-202302-27 Normal: libPNG Critical Security Flaw

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Calendar Grey April 15, 2019
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo GLSA 202105-27 highlights a potential libpng flaw that may lead to unexpected application crashes.
A vulnerability in libTIFF could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo libtiff normal severity

Resolution

All tiff users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/tiff-4.0.10"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2018-18557 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18557

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-15
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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: Denial of Service
Date: April 15, 2019
Bugs: #669948
ID: 201904-15

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo libtiff normal severity

Synopsis

A vulnerability in libTIFF could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

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 < 4.0.10 >= 4.0.10

Impact

===== Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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