USN-6997-1 fixed a vulnerability in LibTIFF. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the application to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
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