============================================================================ Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2939-1 March 23, 2016 tiff vulnerabilities ============================================================================ A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 15.10 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 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: It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 15.10: libtiff5 4.0.3-12.3ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libtiff5 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libtiff4 3.9.5-2ubuntu1.9 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2939-1 CVE-2015-8665, CVE-2015-8683, CVE-2015-8781, CVE-2015-8782, CVE-2015-8783, CVE-2015-8784 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.0.3-12.3ubuntu2.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tiff/3.9.5-2ubuntu1.9