Use After Free Affecting libtiff-tools-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-LIBTIFFTOOLSDEBUGINFO-5887618
  • published8 Sept 2023
  • disclosed13 Feb 2023

Introduced: 13 Feb 2023

CVE-2023-0799  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 libtiff-tools-debuginfo to version 0:4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-255.

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 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds read in tiffcrop in tools/tiffcrop.c:3701, 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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