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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202003-25 ] libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 15:11:53
Message-Id: 7127ff45-05f7-bad3-b120-abb797ae3d2b@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202003-25
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: March 15, 2020
10 Bugs: #639700, #690732, #699868
11 ID: 202003-25
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in LibTIFF, the worst of which
19 could result in a Denial of Service condition.
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21 Background
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24 The TIFF library contains encoding and decoding routines for the Tag
25 Image File Format. It is called by numerous programs, including GNOME
26 and KDE applications, to interpret TIFF images.
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28 Affected packages
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32 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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34 1 media-libs/tiff < 4.1.0 >= 4.1.0
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36 Description
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39 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libTIFF. Please review
40 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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42 Impact
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45 A remote attacker, by enticing the user to process a specially crafted
46 TIFF file, could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.
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48 Workaround
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51 There is no known workaround at this time.
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53 Resolution
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56 All libTIFF users should upgrade to the latest version:
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/tiff-4.1.0"
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61 References
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64 [ 1 ] CVE-2017-17095
65 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17095
66 [ 2 ] CVE-2018-19210
67 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19210
68 [ 3 ] CVE-2019-17546
69 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17546
70 [ 4 ] CVE-2019-6128
71 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6128
72 [ 5 ] CVE-2019-7663
73 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7663
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75 Availability
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78 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
79 the Gentoo Security Website:
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81 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-25
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83 Concerns?
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86 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
87 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
88 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
89 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
90 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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92 License
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95 Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
96 belongs to its owner(s).
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98 The contents of this document are licensed under the
99 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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101 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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