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SUSE: CVE-2016-8331: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-8331: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/28/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/28/2018
Modified
08/12/2021

Description

An exploitable remote code execution vulnerability exists in the handling of TIFF images in LibTIFF version 4.0.6. A crafted TIFF document can lead to a type confusion vulnerability resulting in remote code execution. This vulnerability can be triggered via a TIFF file delivered to the application using LibTIFF's tag extension functionality.

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-2018:1826-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:1835-1
  • 93898
  • GLSA-201701-16
  • CVE-2016-8331
  • USN-3212-1
  • USN-3212-3
  • DLA-693-1
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