Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libtiff-tools package, versions <0:4.0.9-32.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-LIBTIFFTOOLS-7654121
  • published8 Aug 2024
  • disclosed30 Apr 2024

Introduced: 30 Apr 2024

CVE-2023-6228  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 libtiff-tools to version 0:4.0.9-32.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:5079.

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.

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.

CVSS Scores

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