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libtiff updates are available for Red Hat Linux 7.3, 9, and Fedora Core 1

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Fedora Legacy Update Advisory

Synopsis: Updated libtiff packages fix security issues
Advisory ID: FLSA:152815
Issue date: 2005-05-18
Product: Red Hat Linux, Fedora Core
Keywords: Bugfix
CVE Names: CAN-2004-0803 CAN-2004-0804 CAN-2004-0886
CAN-2004-1308 CAN-2004-1183
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1. Topic:

Updated libtiff packages that fix various buffer and integer overflows are now available.

The libtiff package contains a library of functions for manipulating TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) image format files.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Linux 7.3 - i386
Red Hat Linux 9 - i386
Fedora Core 1 - i386



3. Problem description:

During a source code audit, Chris Evans discovered a number of integer overflow bugs that affect libtiff. An attacker who has the ability to trick a user into opening a malicious TIFF file could cause the application linked to libtiff to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CAN-2004-0886 and CAN-2004-0804 to these issues.

Additionally, a number of buffer overflow bugs that affect libtiff have been found. An attacker who has the ability to trick a user into opening a malicious TIFF file could cause the application linked to libtiff to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-0803 to this issue.

iDEFENSE has reported an integer overflow bug that affects libtiff. An attacker who has the ability to trick a user into opening a malicious TIFF file could cause the application linked to libtiff to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-1308 to this issue.

Dmitry V. Levin reported another integer overflow in the tiffdump utility. An atacker who has the ability to trick a user into opening a malicious TIFF file with tiffdump could possibly execute arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-1183 to this issue.

All users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported fixes for these issues.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filenames]

where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via yum and apt. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use yum issue:

yum update

or to use apt:

apt-get update; apt-get upgrade

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. This assumes that you have yum or apt-get configured for obtaining Fedora Legacy content. Please visit http://www.fedoralegacy.org/docs for directions on how to configure yum and apt-get.

5. Bug IDs fixed:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=152815

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Linux 7.3:
SRPM:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.3/updates/SRPMS/libtiff-3.5.7-2.2.legacy.src.rpm

i386:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.3/updates/i386/libtiff-3.5.7-2.2.legacy.i386.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.3/updates/i386/libtiff-devel-3.5.7-2.2.legacy.i386.rpm

Red Hat Linux 9:

SRPM:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/SRPMS/libtiff-3.5.7-11.2.legacy.src.rpm

i386:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/i386/libtiff-3.5.7-11.2.legacy.i386.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/i386/libtiff-devel-3.5.7-11.2.legacy.i386.rpm

Fedora Core 1:

SRPM:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/updates/SRPMS/libtiff-3.5.7-14.2.legacy.src.rpm

i386:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/updates/i386/libtiff-3.5.7-14.2.legacy.i386.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/updates/i386/libtiff-devel-3.5.7-14.2.legacy.i386.rpm


7. Verification:

SHA1 sum Package Name
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524fd6c80901dbd665cfbf0b4ba1eea276a95cca
redhat/7.3/updates/i386/libtiff-3.5.7-2.2.legacy.i386.rpm
3ced2ba5eac07c60515a41d73dbfb0df36cfc962
redhat/7.3/updates/i386/libtiff-devel-3.5.7-2.2.legacy.i386.rpm
864581d2f1d76fcc5d0540173338a84a7a3ffe80
redhat/7.3/updates/SRPMS/libtiff-3.5.7-2.2.legacy.src.rpm
a17298a3be3e3d6f7fce2108ac226ff8ef26ee39
redhat/9/updates/i386/libtiff-3.5.7-11.2.legacy.i386.rpm
b35700b8e8ee819565998a033f484ebd7e837646
redhat/9/updates/i386/libtiff-devel-3.5.7-11.2.legacy.i386.rpm
2024a97a377a37851d3a4be92403eaad0a7b1be2
redhat/9/updates/SRPMS/libtiff-3.5.7-11.2.legacy.src.rpm
8dd2d8035eaf4b0e41cc7ac68536b752387a1cc8
fedora/1/updates/i386/libtiff-3.5.7-14.2.legacy.i386.rpm
4475fb4f26ab358d1c9bf8b6e8da060eace1a8dd
fedora/1/updates/i386/libtiff-devel-3.5.7-14.2.legacy.i386.rpm
f854a97125ca806b9a1c04c985f9939c6b6f7611
fedora/1/updates/SRPMS/libtiff-3.5.7-14.2.legacy.src.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Fedora Legacy for security. Our key is available from http://www.fedoralegacy.org/about/security.php

You can verify each package with the following command:

rpm --checksig -v <filename>

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the sha1sum with the following command:

sha1sum <filename>

8. References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0803
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0804
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0886
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1308
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1183

9. Contact:

The Fedora Legacy security contact is <secnotice@fedoralegacy.org>. More project details at http://www.fedoralegacy.org