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TITLE:
Fedora update for libtiff

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31838

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31838/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/16769/
Fedora 9
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/18642/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for libtiff. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) or to potentially compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA31610

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update libtiff")

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00121.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00102.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA31610:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31610/

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