Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-3990: Security patch for compat-libtiff3 ((Multiple Advisories))
7
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
08/17/2016
07/25/2018
08/22/2016
02/02/2018
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the horizontalDifference8 function in tif_pixarlog.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image to tiffcp.
Solution(s)
- amazon-linux-upgrade-compat-libtiff3
- amazon-linux-upgrade-libtiff
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