Ubuntu Security Notice 3212-3 - USN-3212-1 and USN-3212-2 fixed a vulnerability in LibTIFF. This update provides a subset of corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. A It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed A images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a A specially crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the A application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute A arbitrary code with user privileges. Various other issues were also addressed.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3212-3
July 19, 2017
tiff vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
Summary:
LibTIFF could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.
Software Description:
- tiff: Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library
Details:
USN-3212-1 and USN-3212-2 fixed a vulnerabilitiy in LibTIFF. This
update provides a subset of corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
A It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed
A images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a
A specially crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the
A application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute
A arbitrary code with user privileges.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
A libtiff-toolsA A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 3.9.5-2ubuntu1.10
A libtiff4A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 3.9.5-2ubuntu1.10
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.
References:
A https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3212-3
A https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3212-1
A CVE-2015-7554, CVE-2015-8668, CVE-2016-10092, CVE-2016-3623,
A CVE-2016-3624, CVE-2016-3632, CVE-2016-3990, CVE-2016-3991,
A CVE-2016-5321, CVE-2016-5322, CVE-2016-8331, CVE-2016-9453,
A CVE-2016-9533, CVE-2016-9534, CVE-2016-9536, CVE-2016-9537