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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-3186) ELSA-2019-2053: libtiff security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-3186) ELSA-2019-2053: libtiff security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/19/2016
Created
07/23/2020
Added
07/21/2020
Modified
07/21/2020

Description

Buffer overflow in the readextension function in gif2tiff.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted GIF file.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libtiff
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libtiff-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libtiff-static
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libtiff-tools

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