=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2205-1
May 06, 2014
tiff vulnerabilities
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
LibTIFF could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a
specially crafted file.
Software Description:
- tiff: Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library
Details:
Pedro Ribeiro discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain
malformed images when using the gif2tiff tool. If a user or automated
system were tricked into opening a specially crafted GIF image, a remote
attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubunu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 13.10.
(CVE-2013-4231)
Pedro Ribeiro discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain
malformed images when using the tiff2pdf tool. If a user or automated
system were tricked into opening a specially crafted TIFF image, a remote
attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubunu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 13.10.
(CVE-2013-4232)
Murray McAllister discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain
malformed images when using the gif2tiff tool. If a user or automated
system were tricked into opening a specially crafted GIF image, a remote
attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2013-4243)
Huzaifa Sidhpurwala discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain
malformed images when using the gif2tiff tool. If a user or automated
system were tricked into opening a specially crafted GIF image, a remote
attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubunu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 13.10.
(CVE-2013-4244)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libtiff5 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 13.10:
libtiff5 4.0.2-4ubuntu3.1
Ubuntu 12.10:
libtiff5 4.0.2-1ubuntu2.3
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libtiff4 3.9.5-2ubuntu1.6
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libtiff4 3.9.2-2ubuntu0.14
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2205-1
CVE-2013-4231, CVE-2013-4232, CVE-2013-4243, CVE-2013-4244
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.0.2-4ubuntu3.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.0.2-1ubuntu2.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/3.9.5-2ubuntu1.6
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/3.9.2-2ubuntu0.14