Ubuntu 18.10: USN-3906-1 Moderate: LibTIFF Remote Code Execution

ubuntu

March 12, 2019

LibTIFF could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

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:

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed

images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially

crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a

denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service remote code execution ubuntu malformed images tiff program crash

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.10:
  libtiff-tools                   4.0.9-6ubuntu0.2
  libtiff5                        4.0.9-6ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libtiff-tools                   4.0.9-5ubuntu0.2
  libtiff5                        4.0.9-5ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libtiff-tools                   4.0.6-1ubuntu0.6
  libtiff5                        4.0.6-1ubuntu0.6

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libtiff-tools                   4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11
  libtiff5                        4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.