libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities

libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in LibTIFF, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition. tiff 2020-03-15 2020-03-15 639700 690732 699868 local, remote 4.1.0 4.1.0

The TIFF library contains encoding and decoding routines for the Tag Image File Format. It is called by numerous programs, including GNOME and KDE applications, to interpret TIFF images.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libTIFF. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

A remote attacker, by enticing the user to process a specially crafted TIFF file, could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All libTIFF users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/tiff-4.1.0"

CVE-2017-17095 CVE-2018-19210 CVE-2019-17546 CVE-2019-6128 CVE-2019-7663 whissi whissi