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SUSE: CVE-2016-3991: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-3991: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/21/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/21/2016
Modified
06/20/2021

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the loadImage function in the tiffcrop tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image with zero tiles.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libtiff-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libtiff5
  • suse-upgrade-libtiff5-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-tiff

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