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High ALAS2-2022-1872 3 CVEs

Important: libtiff security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Oct 31, 2022 · Updated Oct 25, 2023

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-2869: A flaw was found in libtiff's tiffcrop tool that has a uint32_t underflow, which leads to an out-of-bounds read and write in the extractContigSamples8bits routine. This flaw allows an attacker who supplies a crafted file to tiffcrop to trick a user into opening the crafted file with tiffcrop, causing a crash or potential further exploitations. CVE-2022-2868: libtiff's tiffcrop utility has a improper input validation flaw that can lead to out of bounds read and ultimately cause a crash if an attacker is able to supply a crafted file to tiffcrop. CVE-2022-2867: A flaw was found in libtiffs tiffcrop utility that has a uint32_t underflow that can lead to an out-of-bounds read and write. This flaw allows an attacker who supplies a crafted file to tiffcrop to cause a crash or, in some cases, further exploitation.

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 libtiff 0:4.0.3-35.amzn2.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2 libtiff-debuginfo 0:4.0.3-35.amzn2.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2 libtiff-devel 0:4.0.3-35.amzn2.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2 libtiff-static 0:4.0.3-35.amzn2.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2 libtiff-tools 0:4.0.3-35.amzn2.0.3

Vulnerabilities 3

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-2867.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-2868.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-2869.html