Buffer Overflow Affecting libtiff-tools-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-LIBTIFFTOOLSDEBUGINFO-5788770
  • published20 Jul 2023
  • disclosed29 Jun 2023

Introduced: 29 Jun 2023

CVE-2023-26966  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 libtiff-tools-debuginfo to version 0:4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-253.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff-tools-debuginfo package and not the libtiff-tools-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

libtiff 4.5.0 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in uv_encode() when libtiff reads a corrupted little-endian TIFF file and specifies the output to be big-endian.

CVSS Scores

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