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Medium ALSA-2024:5079 4 CVEs

Moderate: libtiff security update

Published Aug 7, 2024 · 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: Heap-based buffer overflow in ChopUpSingleUncompressedStrip in tif_dirread.c (CVE-2018-15209)
* libtiff: Buffer Overflow via /libtiff/tools/tiffcrop.c (CVE-2023-25433)
* libtiff: heap-based buffer overflow in cpStripToTile() in tools/tiffcp.c (CVE-2023-6228)
* libtiff: Segment fault in libtiff in TIFFReadRGBATileExt() leading to denial of service (CVE-2023-52356)

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.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 libtiff 4.0.9-32.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 libtiff-devel 4.0.9-32.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 libtiff-tools 4.0.9-32.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 4

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15209
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25433
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52356
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6228
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1614051
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2218744
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2240995
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2251344
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-5079.html