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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6290-1

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6290-1
Posted Aug 16, 2023
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 6290-1 - It was discovered that LibTIFF could be made to write out of bounds when processing certain malformed image files with the tiffcrop utility. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause tiffcrop to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.04.

tags | advisory, denial of service, arbitrary
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2022-48281, CVE-2023-26965, CVE-2023-2731, CVE-2023-2908, CVE-2023-3316, CVE-2023-3618, CVE-2023-38288
SHA-256 | dea439e173df06f4701c3d819ad53b19bb3bf0a6496304490d18dec1b8d0c9e5

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6290-1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6290-1
August 15, 2023

tiff vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 23.04
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in LibTIFF.

Software Description:
- tiff: Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library

Details:

It was discovered that LibTIFF could be made to write out of bounds when
processing certain malformed image files with the tiffcrop utility. If a
user were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause tiffcrop to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
(CVE-2022-48281)

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain image files. If
a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, an
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-2731)

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain image files
with the tiffcp utility. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted image file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
tiffcp to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-2908)

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain file paths. If
a user were tricked into specifying certain output paths, an attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-3316)

It was discovered that LibTIFF could be made to write out of bounds when
processing certain malformed image files. If a user were tricked into
opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2023-3618)

It was discovered that LibTIFF could be made to write out of bounds when
processing certain malformed image files. If a user were tricked into
opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and
Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-25433, CVE-2023-26966)

It was discovered that LibTIFF did not properly managed memory when
processing certain malformed image files with the tiffcrop utility. If a
user were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause tiffcrop to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 23.04.
(CVE-2023-26965)

It was discovered that LibTIFF contained an arithmetic overflow. If a user
were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-38288, CVE-2023-38289)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 23.04:
libtiff-tools 4.5.0-5ubuntu1.1
libtiff6 4.5.0-5ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
libtiff-tools 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.5
libtiff5 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.5

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
libtiff-tools 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.9
libtiff5 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.9

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
libtiff-tools 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm2
libtiff5 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
libtiff-tools 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm12
libtiff5 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm12

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
libtiff-tools 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm9
libtiff5 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm9

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6290-1
CVE-2022-48281, CVE-2023-25433, CVE-2023-26965, CVE-2023-26966,
CVE-2023-2731, CVE-2023-2908, CVE-2023-3316, CVE-2023-3618,
CVE-2023-38288, CVE-2023-38289

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.5.0-5ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.3.0-6ubuntu0.5
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.9

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