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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

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 specially crafted image file, an

attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This

issue only affected Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-2731)

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain image files

with the tiffcp utility. If a user were tricked into openin...

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Topics Covered

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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