GLSA 202003-25: libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	03/15/2020
Bugs:	#639700, #690732, #699868
ID:	202003-25

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in LibTIFF, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Background

The TIFF library contains encoding and decoding routines for the Tag Image File Format. It is called by numerous programs, including GNOME and KDE applications, to interpret TIFF images.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-libs/tiff	< 4.1.0	>= 4.1.0	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libTIFF. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker, by enticing the user to process a specially crafted TIFF file, could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All libTIFF users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/tiff-4.1.0"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202003-25.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.