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Ubuntu 23.04 LTS: USN-6428-1 Critical Denial of Service in LibTIFF

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Calendar Grey October 11, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
If an improperly structured image file is accessed, LibTIFF on Ubuntu may lead to a crash. To enhance security and address this vulnerability, updates are now available to rectify the problem.
LibTIFF could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

LibTIFF could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- tiff: Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library

Details:

It was discovered that LibTIFF could be made to read 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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu libtiff tiffcrop

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.04:
  libtiff-tools                   4.5.0-5ubuntu1.2
  libtiff6                        4.5.0-5ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  libtiff-tools                   4.3.0-6ubuntu0.6
  libtiff5                        4.3.0-6ubuntu0.6

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  libtiff-tools                   4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.10
  libtiff5                        4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.10

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
  libtiff-tools                   4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm3
  libtiff5                        4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm3

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
  libtiff-tools                   4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm13
  libtiff5                        4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm13

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
  libtiff-tools                   4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm10
  libtiff5                        4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm10

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6428-1

CVE-2023-1916

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6428-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu libtiff tiffcrop

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.5.0-5ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.3.0-6ubuntu0.6
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.10

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