- Issued:
- 2014-02-27
- Updated:
- 2014-02-27
RHSA-2014:0222 - Moderate: libtiff security update
Synopsis
Moderate: libtiff security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory Moderate
Topic
Updated libtiff packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links 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 and a use-after-free flaw were found in the tiff2pdf tool. An attacker could use these flaws to create a specially crafted TIFF file that would cause tiff2pdf to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-1960, CVE-2013-4232)
Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in the gif2tiff tool. An attacker could use these flaws to create a specially crafted GIF file that could cause gif2tiff to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-4231, CVE-2013-4243, CVE-2013-4244)
A flaw was found in the way libtiff handled OJPEG-encoded TIFF images. An attacker could use this flaw to create a specially crafted TIFF file that would cause an application using libtiff to crash. (CVE-2010-2596)
Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in the tiff2pdf tool. An attacker could use these flaws to create a specially crafted TIFF file that would cause tiff2pdf to crash. (CVE-2013-1961)
Red Hat would like to thank Emmanuel Bouillon of NCI Agency for reporting CVE-2013-1960 and CVE-2013-1961. The CVE-2013-4243 issue was discovered by Murray McAllister of the Red Hat Security Response Team, and the CVE-2013-4244 issue was discovered by Huzaifa Sidhpurwala of the Red Hat Security Response Team.
All libtiff users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. 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 https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 6.5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 6.5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 6 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support | 6.5 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 6.5 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS | 6.5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI | 6.5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI | 6.5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 6.5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node | 6.5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- libtiff-debuginfo-3.9.4-10.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
- libtiff-devel-3.9.4-10.el6_5.i686.rpm
- libtiff-debuginfo-3.9.4-10.el6_5.s390.rpm
- libtiff-3.9.4-10.el6_5.i686.rpm
- libtiff-3.9.4-10.el6_5.ppc64.rpm
- libtiff-devel-3.9.4-10.el6_5.ppc64.rpm
- libtiff-3.9.4-10.el6_5.ppc.rpm
- libtiff-debuginfo-3.9.4-10.el6_5.s390x.rpm
- libtiff-static-3.9.4-10.el6_5.s390x.rpm
- libtiff-3.9.4-10.el6_5.s390.rpm
- libtiff-devel-3.9.4-10.el6_5.s390x.rpm
- libtiff-debuginfo-3.9.4-10.el6_5.ppc.rpm
- libtiff-static-3.9.4-10.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
- libtiff-devel-3.9.4-10.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
- libtiff-devel-3.9.4-10.el6_5.ppc.rpm
- libtiff-static-3.9.4-10.el6_5.ppc64.rpm
- libtiff-3.9.4-10.el6_5.s390x.rpm
- libtiff-3.9.4-10.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
- libtiff-devel-3.9.4-10.el6_5.s390.rpm
- libtiff-debuginfo-3.9.4-10.el6_5.ppc64.rpm
- libtiff-debuginfo-3.9.4-10.el6_5.i686.rpm
- libtiff-static-3.9.4-10.el6_5.i686.rpm
- libtiff-3.9.4-10.el6_5.src.rpm
Fixes
- This content is not included.BZ - 610759
- This content is not included.BZ - 952131
- This content is not included.BZ - 952158
- This content is not included.BZ - 995965
- This content is not included.BZ - 995975
- This content is not included.BZ - 996052
- This content is not included.BZ - 996468
CVEs
References
Additional information
- The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
- Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.