FS#60599 - [libtiff] [Security] arbitrary code execution (CVE-2018-18557)

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Remi Gacogne (rgacogne) - Friday, 26 October 2018, 12:39 GMT
Last edited by Levente Polyak (anthraxx) - Tuesday, 20 November 2018, 16:53 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Security
Status Closed
Assigned To Levente Polyak (anthraxx)
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Summary
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The packages libtiff and lib32-libtiff are vulnerable to arbitrary code execution via CVE-2018-18557.

Guidance
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Since a new release is not available yet, I think it would be nice to backport the relevant patch[1] which has been merged in master[2].

References
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[1]: https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/681748ec2f5ce88da5f9fa6831e1653e46af8a66
[2]: https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/merge_requests/38
https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-790
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1697
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Closed by  Levente Polyak (anthraxx)
Tuesday, 20 November 2018, 16:53 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  4.0.10-1

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