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Ubuntu: USN-2939-1 (CVE-2015-8782): LibTIFF vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-2939-1 (CVE-2015-8782): LibTIFF vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/01/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/28/2016
Modified
11/08/2024

Description

tif_luv.c in libtiff allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds writes) via a crafted TIFF image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8781.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libtiff4
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libtiff5

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