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Medium ALAS2-2022-1799 2 CVEs

Moderate: libtiff security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published May 31, 2022 · Updated Aug 7, 2025

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-34266: A flaw was found in libtiff-4.0.3-35.amzn2.0.1 as packaged on Amazon Linux 2. When processing a malicious TIFF file, an invalid range may be passed as an argument to the memset() function within TIFFFetchStripThing() in tif_dirread.c. This will cause TIFFFetchStripThing() to segfault. Actors can use this issue to potentially cause a Denial of Service condition. CVE-2022-0562: A flaw was found in libtiff where a NULL source pointer passed as an argument to the memcpy() function within the TIFFReadDirectory() in tif_dirread.c. This flaw allows an attacker to exploit this vulnerability via a crafted TIFF file, causing a crash and leading to a denial of service.

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 libtiff 0:4.0.3-35.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 libtiff-debuginfo 0:4.0.3-35.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 libtiff-devel 0:4.0.3-35.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 libtiff-static 0:4.0.3-35.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 libtiff-tools 0:4.0.3-35.amzn2.0.2

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-0562.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-34266.html