USN-3906-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3906-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3906-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3906-1
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Published
2019-03-12T13:08:54.152837Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:36:29Z
Summary
tiff vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / tiff

Package

Name
tiff
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tiff@4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11

Affected versions

4.*

4.0.2-4ubuntu3
4.0.3-5ubuntu1
4.0.3-6
4.0.3-6ubuntu1
4.0.3-7
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.2
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.3
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.7
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.10

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-opengl",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-tools",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff4-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff5",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff5-alt-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff5-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiffxx5",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / tiff

Package

Name
tiff
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tiff@4.0.6-1ubuntu0.6?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.6

Affected versions

4.*

4.0.3-12.3ubuntu2
4.0.5-1
4.0.6-1
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.2
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-opengl",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-tools",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff5",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff5-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiffxx5",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.6"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / tiff

Package

Name
tiff
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tiff@4.0.9-5ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.9-5ubuntu0.2

Affected versions

4.*

4.0.8-5
4.0.8-6
4.0.9-1
4.0.9-2
4.0.9-3
4.0.9-4
4.0.9-4ubuntu1
4.0.9-5
4.0.9-5ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.0.9-5ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-opengl",
            "binary_version": "4.0.9-5ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-tools",
            "binary_version": "4.0.9-5ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff5",
            "binary_version": "4.0.9-5ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiff5-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.0.9-5ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtiffxx5",
            "binary_version": "4.0.9-5ubuntu0.2"
        }
    ]
}