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Red Hat: CVE-2015-8784: Important: libtiff security update ((Multiple Advisories))

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Red Hat: CVE-2015-8784: Important: libtiff security update ((Multiple Advisories))

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/02/2016
Modified
01/17/2018

Description

The NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in LibTIFF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by libtiff5.tif.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-libtiff
  • redhat-upgrade-libtiff-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-libtiff-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-libtiff-static
  • redhat-upgrade-libtiff-tools

References

  • RHSA-2016:1546
  • RHSA-2016:1547
  • DLA-405-1
  • DLA-880-1
  • DSA-3467
  • 81696
  • USN-2939-1
  • GLSA-201701-16
  • CVE-2015-8784
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