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Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:150 (libtiff)
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 libtiff announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:150.
Insight
Insight
Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in libtiff: Buffer underflow in the LZWDecodeCompat function in libtiff 3.8.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted TIFF image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2327 (CVE-2009-2285). Fix several places in tiff2rgba and rgb2ycbcr that were being careless about possible integer overflow in calculation of buffer sizes (CVE-2009-2347). This update provides fixes for these vulnerabilities. Affected: 2008.1, 2009.0, 2009.1, Corporate 3.0, Corporate 4.0, Multi Network Firewall 2.0
Solution
Solution
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:150