Debian Security Advisory

DLA-692-1 tiff3 -- LTS security update

Date Reported:
02 Nov 2016
Affected Packages:
tiff3
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2015-7554, CVE-2016-5318.
More information:

Applications using libtiff can trigger buffer overflows through TIFFGetField() when processing TIFF images with unknown tags.

For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 3.9.6-11+deb7u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your tiff3 packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS