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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2694-1 tiff -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

27 Jun 2021

Affected Packages:

tiff

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-35523, CVE-2020-35524.

More information:

Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in the libtiff library and the included tools, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if malformed image files are processed.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 4.0.8-2+deb9u6.

We recommend that you upgrade your tiff packages.

For the detailed security status of tiff please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/tiff

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