The tiff library for handling TIFF image files contained a stack-based buffer overflow, potentially allowing attackers who can submit such files to a vulnerable system to execute arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.9.4-5+squeeze8. For the testing distribution (wheezy) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 4.0.2-1 of the tiff package, and version 3.9.6-10 of the tiff3 package. We recommend that you upgrade your tiff packages.

libtiff is a library providing support for the Tag Image File Format (TIFF), a widely used format for storing image data.

tiff on Debian Linux

This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.

• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2589.html

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Updated on 2015-03-25