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  • [SECURITY] [DSA 2698-1] tiff security update

    From Michael Gilbert@1:229/2 to All on Tue Jun 18 21:50:02 2013
    From: [email protected]

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    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2698-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Michael Gilbert
    June 18, 2013 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package : tiff
    Vulnerability : buffer overflow
    Problem type : local (remote)
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE ID : CVE-2013-1960 CVE-2013-1961
    Debian Bug : 706674 706675

    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.

    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.

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
    these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
    found at: http://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: [email protected]




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