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Red Hat: RHSA-2011:0392-01 Important: libtiff Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey March 28, 2011
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Crucial security patch for libtiff released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 4, 5, and 6 addressing buffer overflow vulnerabilities.
Updated libtiff packages that fix one security issue and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Summary

The libtiff packages contain a library of functions for manipulating Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) files.
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libtiff processed certain TIFF files encoded with a 4-bit run-length encoding scheme from ThunderScan. An attacker could use this flaw to create a specially-crafted TIFF file that, when opened, would cause an application linked against libtiff to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2011-1167)
This update also fixes the following bug:
* The RHSA-2011:0318 libtiff update introduced a regression that prevented certain TIFF Internet Fax image files, compressed with the CCITT Group 4 compression algorithm, from being read. (BZ#688825)
All libtiff users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve these issues. All running applications linked against libtiff must be restarted for this update to take effect.

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1167 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: libtiff-3.6.1-18.el4.i386.rpm libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-18.el4.i386.rpm libtiff-devel-3.6.1-18.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: libtiff-3.6.1-18.el4.i386.rpm libtiff-3.6.1-18.el4.ia64.rpm libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-18.el4.i386.rpm libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-18.el4.ia64.rpm libtiff-devel-3.6.1-18.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc: libtiff-3.6.1-18.el4.ppc.rpm libtiff-3.6.1-18.el4.ppc64.rpm libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-18.el4.ppc.rpm libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-18.el4.ppc64.rpm libtiff-devel-3.6.1-18.el4.ppc.rpm
s390: libtiff-3.6.1-18.el4.s390.rpm libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-18.el4.s390.rpm libtiff-devel-3.6.1-18.el4.s390.rpm
s390x: libtiff-3.6.1-18.el4.s390.rpm libtiff-3.6.1-18.el4.s390x.rpm libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-18.el4.s390.rpm libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-18.el4.s390x.rpm libtiff-devel-3.6.1-18.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64: libtiff-3.6.1-18.el4.i386.rpm libtiff-3.6.1-18.el4.x86_64.rpm libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-18.el4.i386.rpm libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-18.el4.x86_64.rpm libtiff-devel-3.6.1-18.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386: libtiff-3.6.1-18.el4.i386.rpm libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-18.el4.i386.rpm libtiff-devel-3.6.1-18.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64: libtiff-3.6.1-18.el4.i386.rpm libtiff-3.6.1-18.el4.x86_64.rpm libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-18.el4.i386.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:0392-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0392.html
Issue date: 2011-03-28

Topic

Updated libtiff packages that fix one security issue and one bug are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from theCVE link in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow critical software update Red Hat Enterprise Linux important libtiff

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

684939 - CVE-2011-1167 libtiff: heap-based buffer overflow in thunder decoder (ZDI-11-107)

688825 - Regression in libtiff due to CVE-2011-0192 fix

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