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Gentoo: GLSA-202003-25 Normal libTIFF Denial of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey March 15, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Recent vulnerabilities in LibPNG may lead to potential Denial of Service attacks; users on Gentoo are urged to update. Refer to GLSA 202103-12 for further information.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in LibTIFF, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

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 libtiff normal severity

Resolution

All libTIFF users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/tiff-4.1.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-17095 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17095 [ 2 ] CVE-2018-19210 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19210 [ 3 ] CVE-2019-17546 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17546 [ 4 ] CVE-2019-6128 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6128 [ 5 ] CVE-2019-7663 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7663

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-25
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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: March 15, 2020
Bugs: #639700, #690732, #699868
ID: 202003-25

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo libtiff normal severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in LibTIFF, the worst of which could result in 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 < 4.1.0 >= 4.1.0

Impact

===== A remote attacker, by enticing the user to process a specially crafted TIFF file, could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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