Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libtiff-devel package, versions <0:4.0.3-35.45.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-LIBTIFFDEVEL-5918342
  • published26 Sept 2023
  • disclosed13 Feb 2023

Introduced: 13 Feb 2023

CVE-2023-0796  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 libtiff-devel to version 0:4.0.3-35.45.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2023-1830.

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.

LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds read in tiffcrop in tools/tiffcrop.c:3592, allowing attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file. For users that compile libtiff from sources, the fix is available with commit afaabc3e.

CVSS Scores

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