Out-of-Bounds Affecting libtiff-devel package, versions <0:4.0.3-35.38.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-LIBTIFFDEVEL-2975054
  • published5 Aug 2022
  • disclosed9 Mar 2021

Introduced: 9 Mar 2021

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 libtiff-devel to version 0:4.0.3-35.38.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2022-1625.

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.

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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