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Medium ALAS2-2025-2965 2 CVEs

Moderate: libtiff security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Aug 12, 2025 · Updated Aug 19, 2025

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-8177: A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF up to 4.7.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function setrow of the file tools/thumbnail.c. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The patch is named e8c9d6c616b19438695fd829e58ae4fde5bfbc22. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. CVE-2025-8176: A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF up to 4.7.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function get_histogram of the file tools/tiffmedian.c. The manipulation leads to use after free. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is identified as fe10872e53efba9cc36c66ac4ab3b41a839d5172. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 libtiff 0:4.0.3-35.amzn2.0.23
Amazon Linux · 2 libtiff-debuginfo 0:4.0.3-35.amzn2.0.23
Amazon Linux · 2 libtiff-devel 0:4.0.3-35.amzn2.0.23
Amazon Linux · 2 libtiff-static 0:4.0.3-35.amzn2.0.23
Amazon Linux · 2 libtiff-tools 0:4.0.3-35.amzn2.0.23

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Medium 5.3

    LibTIFF tiffmedian.c get_histogram use after free

    A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF up to 4.7.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function get_histogram of the file tools/tiffmedian.c. The manipulation leads to use after free. The attack needs to be approached locally. The …

  • Medium 5.3

    LibTIFF thumbnail.c setrow buffer overflow

    A vulnerability was found in LibTIFF up to 4.7.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function setrow of the file tools/thumbnail.c. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The patch is named e8c9d6…

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2025-8176.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2025-8177.html