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Re: please approve tiff-3.7.2-3 (fix to CAN-2005-1544)



On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 11:20:35AM -0400, Jay Berkenbilt wrote:

> Please approve tiff-3.7.2-3 for sarge which fixes a security bug (RC
> bug 309739, CAN-2005-1544).  Details including patch and analysis
> below.  Executive summary: libtiff failed to validate input based on
> samples per pixel; retrieved fix from upstream, applied, and tested.
> I've attached two patches: one with -w so that it's easier to read for
> analysis, and the real one that has insignificant changes in
> surrounding text because of indentation.  I will be leaving for my
> vacation in a few hours and most likely won't have email access again
> for several days.  Thanks.

Approved -- have a good vacation. :)

Ugh, did upstream really mix whitespace changes with a security fix?

Thanks,
-- 
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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