USN-3212-2: LibTIFF regression

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3212-2

30th May, 2017

tiff regression

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 16.10
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

USN-3212-1 caused a regression in LibTIFF.

Software description

• tiff - Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library

Details

USN-3212-1 fixed vulnerabilities in LibTIFF. Unfortunately, some of the
security patches were misapplied, which caused a regression when processing
certain images. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed
images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially
crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:

Ubuntu 16.10:

libtiff5 4.0.6-2ubuntu0.2

libtiff-tools 4.0.6-2ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:

libtiff5 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.2

libtiff-tools 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

libtiff5 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.7

libtiff-tools 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.7

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

LP: 1670036

from Ubuntu Security Notices http://ift.tt/2rAOEsv