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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2006-2024: libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2006-2024: libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/25/2006
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities in libtiff before 3.8.1 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a TIFF image that triggers errors in (1) the TIFFFetchAnyArray function in (a) tif_dirread.c; (2) certain "codec cleanup methods" in (b) tif_lzw.c, (c) tif_pixarlog.c, and (d) tif_zip.c; (3) and improper restoration of setfield and getfield methods in cleanup functions within (e) tif_jpeg.c, tif_pixarlog.c, (f) tif_fax3.c, and tif_zip.c.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-tiff

References

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