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Medium ALSA-2021:4241 4 CVEs

Moderate: libtiff security and bug fix update

Published Nov 9, 2021 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

The libtiff packages contain a library of functions for manipulating Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) files.

Security Fix(es):

* libtiff: Integer overflow in tif_getimage.c (CVE-2020-35523)

* libtiff: Heap-based buffer overflow in TIFF2PDF tool (CVE-2020-35524)

* libtiff: Memory allocation failure in tiff2rgba (CVE-2020-35521)

* libtiff: Memory allocation failure in tiff2rgba (CVE-2020-35522)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 libtiff 4.0.9-20.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 libtiff-devel 4.0.9-20.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 libtiff-tools 4.0.9-20.el8

Vulnerabilities 4

References

  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-35521
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-35522
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-35523
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-35524