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TITLE:
Trustix update for libtiff

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20715

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20715/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Trustix Secure Linux 2.2
http://secunia.com/product/4641/

DESCRIPTION:
Trustix has issued updates for multiple packages. These fix some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause
a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a user's
system.

For more information:
SA20488

A boundary error in tiffsplit has also been fixed.

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

Trustix Secure Linux 2.2:
7203c833a5d80a08ccfd240530c91e17 
2.2/rpms/libtiff-3.7.3-3tr.i586.rpm
257f3daa5eb28d0567f741e7570dca6a 
2.2/rpms/libtiff-devel-3.7.3-3tr.i586.rpm

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0036/

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA20488:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20488/

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