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Medium ALAS2-2020-1532 2 CVEs

Moderate: libtiff security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Oct 22, 2020 · Updated Oct 22, 2020

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-17546: tif_getimage.c in LibTIFF through 4.0.10, as used in GDAL through 3.0.1 and other products, has an integer overflow that potentially causes a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted RGBA image, related to a "Negative-size-param" condition. 1765705: CVE-2019-17546 libtiff: integer overflow leading to heap-based buffer overflow in tif_getimage.c CVE-2019-14973: _TIFFCheckMalloc and _TIFFCheckRealloc in tif_aux.c in LibTIFF through 4.0.10 mishandle Integer Overflow checks because they rely on compiler behavior that is undefined by the applicable C standards. This can, for example, lead to an application crash. 1745951: CVE-2019-14973 libtiff: integer overflow in _TIFFCheckMalloc and _TIFFCheckRealloc in tif_aux.c

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 libtiff 0:4.0.3-35.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 libtiff-debuginfo 0:4.0.3-35.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 libtiff-devel 0:4.0.3-35.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 libtiff-static 0:4.0.3-35.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 libtiff-tools 0:4.0.3-35.amzn2

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2019-14973.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2019-17546.html