Issued:
2011-04-18
Updated:
2011-04-18

RHSA-2011:0452 - Important: libtiff security update

Synopsis

Important: libtiff security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

Updated libtiff packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Description

The libtiff packages contain a library of functions for manipulating Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) files.

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libtiff processed certain TIFF image files that were compressed with the JPEG compression algorithm. An attacker could use this flaw to create a specially-crafted TIFF file that, when opened, would cause an application linked against libtiff to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2009-5022)

All libtiff users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. All running applications linked against libtiff must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • libtiff-static-3.9.4-1.el6_0.3.s390x.rpm
  • libtiff-debuginfo-3.9.4-1.el6_0.3.ppc.rpm
  • libtiff-static-3.9.4-1.el6_0.3.x86_64.rpm
  • libtiff-devel-3.9.4-1.el6_0.3.i686.rpm
  • libtiff-debuginfo-3.9.4-1.el6_0.3.ppc64.rpm
  • libtiff-devel-3.9.4-1.el6_0.3.x86_64.rpm
  • libtiff-debuginfo-3.9.4-1.el6_0.3.x86_64.rpm
  • libtiff-devel-3.9.4-1.el6_0.3.ppc.rpm
  • libtiff-static-3.9.4-1.el6_0.3.i686.rpm
  • libtiff-3.9.4-1.el6_0.3.ppc64.rpm
  • libtiff-debuginfo-3.9.4-1.el6_0.3.s390.rpm
  • libtiff-3.9.4-1.el6_0.3.s390.rpm
  • libtiff-3.9.4-1.el6_0.3.x86_64.rpm
  • libtiff-devel-3.9.4-1.el6_0.3.ppc64.rpm
  • libtiff-3.9.4-1.el6_0.3.ppc.rpm
  • libtiff-debuginfo-3.9.4-1.el6_0.3.s390x.rpm
  • libtiff-devel-3.9.4-1.el6_0.3.s390.rpm
  • libtiff-3.9.4-1.el6_0.3.i686.rpm
  • libtiff-3.9.4-1.el6_0.3.s390x.rpm
  • libtiff-3.9.4-1.el6_0.3.src.rpm
  • libtiff-devel-3.9.4-1.el6_0.3.s390x.rpm
  • libtiff-debuginfo-3.9.4-1.el6_0.3.i686.rpm
  • libtiff-static-3.9.4-1.el6_0.3.ppc64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information