RedHat: Important: libtiff security and bug fix update
Summary
The libtiff packages contain a library of functions for manipulating Tagged
Image File Format (TIFF) files.
Multiple uses of uninitialized values were discovered in libtiff's
Lempel-Ziv-Welch (LZW) compression algorithm decoder. An attacker could
create a carefully crafted LZW-encoded TIFF file that would cause an
application linked with libtiff to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2008-2327)
Red Hat would like to thank Drew Yao of the Apple Product Security team for
reporting this issue.
A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the tiff2pdf conversion program
distributed with libtiff. An attacker could create a TIFF file containing
UTF-8 characters that would, when converted to PDF format, cause tiff2pdf
to crash, or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2006-2193)
Additionally, these updated packages fix the following bug:
* the libtiff packages included manual pages for the sgi2tiff and tiffsv
commands, which are not included in these packages. These extraneous manual
pages were removed.
All libtiff users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to resolve these issues.
Summary
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
References
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2327 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2193 http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386:
libtiff-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
libtiff-devel-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
ia64:
libtiff-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
libtiff-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.ia64.rpm
libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.ia64.rpm
libtiff-devel-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.ia64.rpm
ppc:
libtiff-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.ppc.rpm
libtiff-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.ppc64.rpm
libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.ppc.rpm
libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.ppc64.rpm
libtiff-devel-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.ppc.rpm
s390:
libtiff-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.s390.rpm
libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.s390.rpm
libtiff-devel-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.s390.rpm
s390x:
libtiff-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.s390.rpm
libtiff-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.s390x.rpm
libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.s390.rpm
libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.s390x.rpm
libtiff-devel-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
libtiff-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
libtiff-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.x86_64.rpm
libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.x86_64.rpm
libtiff-devel-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386:
libtiff-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
libtiff-devel-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
x86_64:
libtiff-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
libtiff-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.x86_64.rpm
libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.x86_64.rpm
libtiff-devel-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386:
libtiff-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
libtiff-devel-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
ia64:
libtiff-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
libtiff-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.ia64.rpm
libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.ia64.rpm
libtiff-devel-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
libtiff-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
libtiff-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.x86_64.rpm
libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.x86_64.rpm
libtiff-devel-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
i386:
libtiff-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
libtiff-devel-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
ia64:
libtiff-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
libtiff-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.ia64.rpm
libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.ia64.rpm
libtiff-devel-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
libtiff-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
libtiff-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.x86_64.rpm
libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
libtiff-debuginfo-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.x86_64.rpm
libtiff-devel-3.6.1-12.el4_7.2.x86_64.rpm
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Topic
Updated libtiff packages that fix various security issues and a bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
194362 - CVE-2006-2193 tiff2pdf buffer overflow
458674 - CVE-2008-2327 libtiff: use of uninitialized memory in LZW decoder
459404 - [RHEL4] libtiff has unnecessary man pages.