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Scientific Linux: Important LibTiff CVE-2011-0192 Buffer Overflow Advisory

Calendar Mar 04, 2011 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory buffer overflow important update libtiff Scientific Linux
Important: libtiff security update 
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 15:29:24 -0600
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: libtiff on SL6.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Important: libtiff security update
Issue date:	2011-03-02
CVE Names:	CVE-2011-0192

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libtiff processed
certain TIFF Internet Fax image files, compressed with the CCITT Group 4
compression algorithm. 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-2011-0192)

All running applications linked against libtiff must be restarted for
this update to take effect.

SL 6.x

 SRPMS:
libtiff-3.9.4-1.el6_0.1.src.rpm
 i386:
libtiff-3.9.4-1.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
libtiff-devel-3.9.4-1.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
libtiff-static-3.9.4-1.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
 x86_64:
libtiff-3.9.4-1.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
libtiff-3.9.4-1.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
libtiff-devel-3.9.4-1.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
libtiff-devel-3.9.4-1.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
libtiff-static-3.9.4-1.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson