DSA-4869-1 tiff -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4869-1 tiff -- security update

Date Reported:

12 Mar 2021

Affected Packages:

tiff

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-35523, CVE-2020-35524.

More information:

Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in the libtiff library and the included tools, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if malformed image files are processed.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u2.

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