Secunia Security Advisory - Gentto has issued an update for tiff. This fixes multiple vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and compromise an application using the library.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for tiff
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA50726
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2012-09-24
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DESCRIPTION:
Gentto has issued an update for tiff. This fixes multiple
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause
a DoS (Denial of Service) and compromise an application using the
library.
For more information:
SA35817
SA40181
SA40241
SA40422
SA43593
SA48684
SA49493
SA49938
SOLUTION:
Update to "media-libs/tiff-3.9.5-r2" or later or
"media-libs/tiff-4.0.2-r1" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
GLSA 201209-02:
https://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201209-02.xml
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