Package : tiff Vulnerability : buffer overflows Problem type : none or remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2006-2656 CVE-2006-2193 Debian Bug : 369819
Several problems have been discovered in the TIFF library. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following issues:
CVE-2006-2193
SuSE discovered a buffer overflow in the conversion of TIFF files into PDF documents which could be exploited when tiff2pdf is used e.g. in a printer filter.
CVE-2006-2656
The tiffsplit command from the TIFF library contains a buffer overflow in the commandline handling which could be exploited when the program is executed automatically on unknown filenames.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.5.5-7woody2.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.7.2-5.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.8.2-4.
We recommend that you upgrade your tiff packages.
Upgrade Instructions - --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given at the end of this advisory:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody - --------------------------------