CVE-2024-13978 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2024-13978: A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF up to 4.7.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function t2p_read_tiff_init of the file tools/tiff2pdf.c of the component fax2ps. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be approached locally

Affects 2 Linux releases across 2 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2024-13978 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

tiff→ fixed in4.2.0-1+deb11u7urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y tiff
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

tiff→ fixed in4.7.0-3+deb13u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y tiff
```

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