Debian Linux Security Advisory 2256-1 - Tavis Ormandy discovered that the Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library is vulnerable to a buffer overflow triggered by a crafted OJPEG file which allows for a crash and potentially execution of arbitrary code.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2256-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Thijs Kinkhorst
June 9, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : tiff
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2009-5022
Debian Bug : 624287
Tavis Ormandy discovered that the Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library
is vulnerable to a buffer overflow triggered by a crafted OJPEG file
which allows for a crash and potentially execution of arbitrary code.
The oldstable distribution (lenny) is not affected by this problem.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.9.4-5+squeeze2.
For the testing distribution (wheezy) and unstable distribution (sid),
this problem has been fixed in version 3.9.5-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your tiff packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
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