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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2012.0346 tiff security update 5 April 2012 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: tiff Publisher: Debian Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 6 Windows UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2012-1173 Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2447 Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators running tiff check for an updated version of the software for their operating system. - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2447-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff April 04, 2012 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : tiff Vulnerability : integer overflow Problem type : local(remote) Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2012-1173 Alexander Gavrun discovered an integer overflow in the TIFF library in the parsing of the TileSize entry, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed image is opened. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.9.4-5+squeeze4. 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