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SUSE: CVE-2016-5652: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-5652: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/06/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/06/2017
Modified
08/10/2021

Description

An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow exists in the handling of TIFF images in LibTIFF's TIFF2PDF tool. A crafted TIFF document can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow resulting in remote code execution. Vulnerability can be triggered via a saved TIFF file delivered by other means.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libtiff-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libtiff-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libtiff3
  • suse-upgrade-libtiff3-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libtiff3-x86
  • suse-upgrade-libtiff5
  • suse-upgrade-libtiff5-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-tiff

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:3301-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:1179-1
  • RHSA-2017:0225
  • DLA-693-1
  • DSA-3762
  • 93902
  • GLSA-201701-16
  • CVE-2016-5652
  • USN-3212-1
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