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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2256-1 (tiff)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to tiff announced via advisory DSA 2256-1.
Insight
Insight
Tavis Ormandy discovered that the Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library is vulnerable to a buffer overflow triggered by a crafted OJPEG file which allows for a crash and potentially execution of arbitrary code. The oldstable distribution (lenny) is not affected by this problem. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.9.4-5+squeeze2. For the testing distribution (wheezy) and unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.9.5-1.
Solution
Solution
We recommend that you upgrade your tiff packages.