Severity
Low
Vendor
Ubuntu, LibTIFF
Versions Affected
- Ubuntu 14.04
Description
LibTIFF could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
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.
Affected Products and Versions
Severity is low unless otherwise noted.
- All versions of Cloud Foundry rootfs prior to 1.48.0
Mitigation
Users of affected versions should apply the following mitigation:
- The Cloud Foundry project recommends that Cloud Foundry deployments run with rootfs version 1.48.0 and higher
Credit
None
References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2939-1/
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-8665.html
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-8683.html
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-8781.html
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-8782.html
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-8783.html
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-8784.html