Summary
USN-6644-1 fixed vulnerabilities in LibTIFF.
This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain files. If
a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause the application to crash, resulting
in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-52356)
It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain image files
with the tiffcp utility. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted image file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
tiffcp to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-6228)
It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain files. If
a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause the application to consume
resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-6277)
Fixed packages 1
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS | tiff | 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.8 |
Vulnerabilities 3
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High 7.5CVE-2023-52356 Public exploit
Libtiff: segment fault in libtiff in tiffreadrgbatileext() leading to denial of service
A segment fault (SEGV) flaw was found in libtiff that could be triggered by passing a crafted tiff file to the TIFFReadRGBATileExt() API. This flaw allows a remote attacker to cause a heap-buffer overflow, leading to a denial of service.
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Medium 6.5
Libtiff: out-of-memory in tiffopen via a craft file
An out-of-memory flaw was found in libtiff. Passing a crafted tiff file to TIFFOpen() API may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a craft input with size smaller than 379 KB.
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Low 3.3
Libtiff: heap-based buffer overflow in cpstriptotile() in tools/tiffcp.c
An issue was found in the tiffcp utility distributed by the libtiff package where a crafted TIFF file on processing may cause a heap-based buffer overflow leads to an application crash.