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Debian: CVE-2020-35524: tiff -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2020-35524: tiff -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/09/2021
Created
03/15/2021
Added
03/15/2021
Modified
03/18/2021

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in libtiff in the handling of TIFF images in libtiff's TIFF2PDF tool. A specially crafted TIFF file can lead to arbitrary code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-tiff

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