Ubuntu Update for tiff vulnerability USN-1102-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1102-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN11021.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for tiff vulnerability USN-1102-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : tiff vulnerability (USN-1102-1)

Martin Barbella discovered that the thunder aka ThunderScan decoder in the TIFF library incorrectly handled an unexpected BitsPerSample value. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted TIFF image, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privilege...