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Ubuntu 23.04, 22.04 LTS: USN-6290-1 Moderate: LibTIFF Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey August 15, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple vulnerabilities in LibTIFF addressed for Ubuntu distributions. Ensure you stay informed for improved security.
Several security issues were fixed in LibTIFF.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 23.04 - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro) - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro) - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro) Summary: Several security issues were fixed in LibTIFF. Software Description: - tiff: Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library Details: It was discovered that LibTIFF could be made to write out of bounds when processing certain malformed image files with the tiffcrop utility. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause tiffcrop to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-48281) It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user were tricked into opening a speci...

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security advisory denial of service software update Ubuntu moderate severity LibTIFF issues

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.04:   libtiff-tools                   4.5.0-5ubuntu1.1   libtiff6                        4.5.0-5ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:   libtiff-tools                   4.3.0-6ubuntu0.5   libtiff5                        4.3.0-6ubuntu0.5 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:   libtiff-tools                   4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.9   libtiff5                        4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.9 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):   libtiff-tools                   4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm2   libtiff5                        4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):   libtiff-tools                   4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm12   libtiff5                        4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm12 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):   libtiff-tools                   4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm9   libtiff5                        4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm9 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6290-1

  CVE-2022-48281, CVE-2023-25433, CVE-2023-26965, CVE-2023-26966,

  CVE-2023-2731, CVE-2023-2908, CVE-2023-3316, CVE-2023-3618,

  CVE-2023-38288, CVE-2023-38289

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6290-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update Ubuntu moderate severity LibTIFF issues

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.5.0-5ubuntu1.1   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.3.0-6ubuntu0.5 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.9

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