1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200607-03 / tiff |
| Release Date | July 09, 2006 |
| Latest Revision | July 09, 2006: 01 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| media-libs/tiff | < 3.8.2-r1 | >= 3.8.2-r1 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #135881
libTIFF contains buffer overflows that could result in arbitrary code execution.
libTIFF provides support for reading and manipulating TIFF images.
A buffer overflow has been found in the t2p_write_pdf_string function in tiff2pdf, which can been triggered with a TIFF file containing a DocumentName tag with UTF-8 characters. An additional buffer overflow has been found in the handling of the parameters in tiffsplit.
A remote attacker could entice a user to load a specially crafted TIFF file, resulting in the possible execution of arbitrary code.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All libTIFF users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/tiff-3.8.2-r1" |