Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for libtiff. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for libtiff
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31668
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31668/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/48/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2534/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1306/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
http://secunia.com/product/2535/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1044/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2536/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/product/13651/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/product/13653/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
http://secunia.com/product/13652/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for libtiff. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) and potentially compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA31610
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0863.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0847.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA31610:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31610/
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