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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2698-1 (tiff - buffer overflow)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Multiple issues were discovered in the TIFF tools, a set of utilities for TIFF image file manipulation and conversion. CVE-2013-1960 Emmanuel Bouillon discovered a heap-based buffer overflow in the tp_process_jpeg_strip function in the tiff2pdf tool. This could potentially lead to a crash or arbitrary code execution. CVE-2013-1961 Emmanuel Bouillon discovered many stack-based buffer overflows in the TIFF tools. These issues could potentially lead to a crash or arbitrary code execution.
Affected Software
Affected Software
tiff on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 3.9.4-5+squeeze9. For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 4.0.2-6+deb7u1. For the testing distribution (jessie), these problems will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 4.0.2-6+nmu1. We recommend that you upgrade your tiff packages.