Ubuntu Security Update USN-5705-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities

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Chintan Shah discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled memory in certain conditions. An attacker could trick a user into processing a specially crafted image file and potentially use this issue to allow for information disclosure or to cause the application to crash. (CVE-2022-3570) It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled memory in certain conditions. An attacker could trick a user into processing a specially crafted tiff file and potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-3598)

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