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SSA-2004-305-02 libtiff

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
SSA-2004-305-02 libtiff

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

New libtiff packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1,
10.1, and -current to fix security issues that could lead to
application crashes, or possibly execution of arbitrary code.

More details about this issue may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0803
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0804
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0886

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Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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