USN-6997-1: LibTIFF vulnerability

USN-6997-1: LibTIFF vulnerability
9 September 2024

LibTIFF could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Releases
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages
tiff - Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library

Details
It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled memory. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause the application to crash, resulting
in a denial of service.

Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 24.04
libtiff6 - 4.5.1+git230720-4ubuntu2.2
Ubuntu 22.04
libtiff5 - 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.10
Ubuntu 20.04
libtiff5 - 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.14
Ubuntu 18.04
libtiff5 - 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.10+esm7
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 16.04
libtiff5 - 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm17
Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.