DSA 755-1: New tiff packages fix arbitrary code execution
Posted on: 07/13/2005 07:53 AM
New tiff packages are available for Debian GNU/Linux
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 755-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze July 13th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Package : tiff Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-1544 Debian Bug : 309739
Frank Warmerdam discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in libtiff, the Tag Image File Format library for processing TIFF graphics files that can lead to the executionof arbitrary code via malformed TIFF files.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.5.5-7
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.7.2-3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.7.2-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your libtiff packages.
Upgrade Instructions ---------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody - --------------------------------