Security Features Affecting libtiff-devel package, versions <0:4.0.3-25.27.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.93% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-LIBTIFFDEVEL-1700751
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed8 Jan 2016

Introduced: 8 Jan 2016

CVE-2015-7554  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-254  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 libtiff-devel to version 0:4.0.3-25.27.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2016-733.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff-devel package and not the libtiff-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

The _TIFFVGetField function in tif_dir.c in libtiff 4.0.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory write and crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted field data in an extension tag in a TIFF image.