libtiff is used by image viewers and web browser to view “TIFF” images. These usually open and display those images without querying the user, making a normal system by default vulnerable to exploits of image library bugs.
There is no workaround. Update the libtiff packages.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
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openSUSE | 9.0 | i586 | libtiff | < 3.5.7-376 | libtiff-3.5.7-376.i586.rpm |
openSUSE | 8.2 | i586 | libtiff | < 3.5.7-376 | libtiff-3.5.7-376.i586.rpm |
openSUSE | 8.1 | i586 | libtiff | < 3.5.7-376 | libtiff-3.5.7-376.i586.rpm |
openSUSE | 9.1 | i586 | libtiff | < 3.6.1-38.12 | libtiff-3.6.1-38.12.i586.rpm |