MGASA-2013-0291

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    MGASA-2013-0291

    Published: 24 Sept 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-4243

    Summary: Updated libtiff package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: A possible heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the readgifimage function in gif2tiff, a tool to convert GIF images to TIFF. A remote attacker could provide a specially-crafted GIF file that, when processed by gif2tiff, would cause gif2tiff to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running gif2tiff (CVE-2013-4243).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0291.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11281, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00053.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libtiff

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libtiff?arch=source&distro=mageia-2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.0.1-2.9.mga2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High