Dimitry Levin reported to vendor-sec a number of integer overflows in libtiff. It is possible that a malicious image could be used to crash an application linked with libtiff. This issue also affects RHEL2.1 This issue is embargoed until Oct 13.
Fixes are in 3.5.5-17 (RHEL2.1) and 3.5.7-20.1 (RHEL3)
removing embargo
An errata has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-577.html