Ubuntu: USN-3212-1 (CVE-2016-5317): LibTIFF vulnerabilities
4
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
01/20/2017
07/25/2018
02/28/2017
09/12/2020
Description
Buffer overflow in the PixarLogDecode function in libtiff.so in the PixarLogDecode function in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier, as used in GNOME nautilus, allows attackers to cause a denial of service attack (crash) via a crafted TIFF file.
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-libtiff-tools
- ubuntu-upgrade-libtiff5
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