Out-of-Bounds Affecting libtiff-tools package, versions <0:4.0.9-20.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-LIBTIFFTOOLS-5656889
  • published28 May 2023
  • disclosed9 Nov 2021

Introduced: 9 Nov 2021

CVE-2020-35522  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 libtiff-tools to version 0:4.0.9-20.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2021:4241.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff-tools package and not the libtiff-tools package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In LibTIFF, there is a memory malloc failure in tif_pixarlog.c. A crafted TIFF document can lead to an abort, resulting in a remote denial of service attack.

CVSS Scores

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