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

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LibTIFF could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3906-1
March 12, 2019

tiff vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 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:

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.

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.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3906-1
  CVE-2018-10779, CVE-2018-12900, CVE-2018-17000, CVE-2018-19210,
  CVE-2019-6128, CVE-2019-7663

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.0.9-6ubuntu0.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.0.9-5ubuntu0.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.0.6-1ubuntu0.6
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11

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

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=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-
LibTIFF could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

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.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3906-1

CVE-2018-10779, CVE-2018-12900, CVE-2018-17000, CVE-2018-19210,

CVE-2019-6128, CVE-2019-7663

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March 12, 2019

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.0.9-6ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.0.9-5ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.0.6-1ubuntu0.6 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11

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