DSA-755-1 tiff -- buffer overflow

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2005-1544  

Frank Warmerdam discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in libtiff, the Tag Image File Format library for processing TIFF graphics files that can lead to the execution of arbitrary code via malformed TIFF files. For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.5.5-7. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.7.2-3. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.7.2-3. We recommend that you upgrade your libtiff packages.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-755-1 tiff -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:
13 Jul 2005
Affected Packages:
tiff
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 309739.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-1544.
More information:

Frank Warmerdam discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in libtiff, the Tag Image File Format library for processing TIFF graphics files that can lead to the execution of arbitrary code via malformed TIFF files.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.5.5-7.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.7.2-3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.7.2-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your libtiff packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/tiff_3.5.5-7.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/tiff_3.5.5-7.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/tiff_3.5.5.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.5.5-7_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g_3.5.5-7_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g-dev_3.5.5-7_alpha.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.5.5-7_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g_3.5.5-7_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g-dev_3.5.5-7_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.5.5-7_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g_3.5.5-7_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g-dev_3.5.5-7_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.5.5-7_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g_3.5.5-7_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g-dev_3.5.5-7_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.5.5-7_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g_3.5.5-7_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g-dev_3.5.5-7_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.5.5-7_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g_3.5.5-7_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g-dev_3.5.5-7_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.5.5-7_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g_3.5.5-7_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g-dev_3.5.5-7_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.5.5-7_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g_3.5.5-7_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g-dev_3.5.5-7_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.5.5-7_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g_3.5.5-7_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g-dev_3.5.5-7_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.5.5-7_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g_3.5.5-7_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g-dev_3.5.5-7_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff-tools_3.5.5-7_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g_3.5.5-7_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tiff/libtiff3g-dev_3.5.5-7_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.