Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2932-1 tiff -- LTS security update

Date Reported:
06 Mar 2022
Affected Packages:
tiff
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-0561, CVE-2022-0562, CVE-2022-22844.
More information:

Several issues have been found in tiff, a library and tools to manipulate and convert files in the Tag Image File Format (TIFF).

  • CVE-2022-22844

    out-of-bounds read in _TIFFmemcpy in certain situations involving a custom tag and 0x0200 as the second word of the DE field.

  • CVE-2022-0562

    Null source pointer passed as an argument to memcpy() function within TIFFReadDirectory(). This could result in a Denial of Service via crafted TIFF files.

  • CVE-2022-0561

    Null source pointer passed as an argument to memcpy() function within TIFFFetchStripThing(). This could result in a Denial of Service via crafted TIFF files.

    For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 4.0.8-2+deb9u8.

    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