Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for tiff. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or to potentially compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for tiff
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31797
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31797/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
System access, DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for tiff. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause
a DoS (Denial of Service) or to potentially compromise a user's
system.
For more information:
SA31610
SOLUTION:
Update to "media-libs/tiff-3.8.2-r4" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200809-07.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA31610:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31610/
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