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[PATCH] gnu: libtiff: Fix several bugs related to improper codec usage [security fixes].

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From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 27370-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#27370] [PATCH] gnu: libtiff: Fix several bugs related to
 improper codec usage [security fixes].
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 11:52:29 -0400

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On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 10:13:43AM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name> skribis:
> 
> > Fixes CVE-2014-8128, CVE-2015-7554, CVE-2016-5318, CVE-2016-10095, and
> > the other bugs listed in 'libtiff-tiffgetfield-bugs.patch'.
> >
> > * gnu/packages/patches/libtiff-tiffgetfield-bugs.patch: New file.
> > * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
> > * gnu/packages/image.scm (libtiff-4.0.8)[source]: Use it.
> 
> LGTM.  ‘guix lint -c cve’ will keep complaining, but I guess splitting
> the patch in one patch per CVE might be hard and not worth the effort.
> Thoughts?

The long list of bugs has a single root cause and fix, so there is only
one patch.

> Could you apply them to ‘core-updates’ as well?

Sure, done!

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