USN-5421-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 21.10
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• tiff - Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library

Details

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash,
resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affects
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-35522)

Chintan Shah discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled memory when
handling certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-0561, CVE-2022-0562, CVE-2022-0891)

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash,
resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affects
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2022-0865)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 21.10

• libtiff5 - 4.3.0-1ubuntu0.1
• libtiff-tools - 4.3.0-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• libtiff5 - 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.3
• libtiff-tools - 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.3

Ubuntu 18.04

• libtiff5 - 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.5
• libtiff-tools - 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.5

Ubuntu 16.04

• libtiff5 - 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• libtiff-tools - 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04

• libtiff5 - 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• libtiff-tools - 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

• CVE-2022-0891
• CVE-2022-0562
• CVE-2022-0561
• CVE-2020-35522
• CVE-2022-0865