Debian Security Advisory
DLA-1023-1 tiff3 -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 11 Jul 2017
- Affected Packages:
- tiff3
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 866113.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-9936. - More information:
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A vulnerabilitie has been discovered in the libtiff library and the included tools, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.
- CVE-2017-9936
A crafted TIFF document can lead to a memory leak resulting in a remote denial of service attack.
For Debian 7
Wheezy
, these problems have been fixed in version 3.9.6-11+deb7u7.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
- CVE-2017-9936