USN-5421-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities

Publication date

16 May 2022

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in LibTIFF.


Packages

  • tiff - Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library

Details

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash,
resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affects
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-35522)

Chintan Shah discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled memory when
handling certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-0561, CVE-2022-0562, CVE-2022-0891)

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash,
resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affects
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.10....

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash,
resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affects
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-35522)

Chintan Shah discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled memory when
handling certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-0561, CVE-2022-0562, CVE-2022-0891)

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash,
resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affects
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2022-0865)


Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
21.10 impish libtiff5 –  4.3.0-1ubuntu0.1
libtiff-tools –  4.3.0-1ubuntu0.1
20.04 focal libtiff5 –  4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.3
libtiff-tools –  4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.3
18.04 bionic libtiff5 –  4.0.9-5ubuntu0.5
libtiff-tools –  4.0.9-5ubuntu0.5
16.04 xenial libtiff5 –  4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm1  
libtiff-tools –  4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm1  
14.04 trusty libtiff5 –  4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm1  
libtiff-tools –  4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm1  

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