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Debian Security Advisory DSA 755-1 (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 755-1. Frank Warmerdam discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in libtiff, the Tag Image File Format library for processing TIFF graphics files that can lead to the executionof arbitrary code via malformed TIFF files. For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.5.5-7
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.7.2-3. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.7.2-3. We recommend that you upgrade your libtiff packages. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20755-1