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Ubuntu: 4158-1 Critical: LibTIFF Remote Code Execution Risk

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Several security issues were fixed in LibTIFF.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4158-1
October 17, 2019

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

- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in LibTIFF.

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 19.04:
  libtiff-tools                   4.0.10-4ubuntu0.1
  libtiff5                        4.0.10-4ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libtiff-tools                   4.0.9-5ubuntu0.3
  libtiff5                        4.0.9-5ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libtiff-tools                   4.0.6-1ubuntu0.7
  libtiff5                        4.0.6-1ubuntu0.7

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4158-1
  CVE-2019-14973, CVE-2019-17546

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.0.10-4ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.0.9-5ubuntu0.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.0.6-1ubuntu0.7

Ubuntu: 4158-1 Critical: LibTIFF Remote Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey October 17, 2019
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Numerous LibTIFF vulnerabilities addressed in various Ubuntu releases, protecting system stability and user safety.
Several security issues were fixed in LibTIFF.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.04: libtiff-tools 4.0.10-4ubuntu0.1 libtiff5 4.0.10-4ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libtiff-tools 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.3 libtiff5 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.3 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: libtiff-tools 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.7 libtiff5 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.7 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4158-1

CVE-2019-14973, CVE-2019-17546

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October 17, 2019

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.0.10-4ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.0.9-5ubuntu0.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.0.6-1ubuntu0.7

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