NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libtiff-tools-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.13


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-LIBTIFFTOOLSDEBUGINFO-5888264
  • published8 Sept 2023
  • disclosed17 May 2023

Introduced: 17 May 2023

CVE-2023-2731  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 libtiff-tools-debuginfo to version 0:4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.13 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-329.

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.

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in Libtiff's LZWDecode() function in the libtiff/tif_lzw.c file. This flaw allows a local attacker to craft specific input data that can cause the program to dereference a NULL pointer when decompressing a TIFF format file, resulting in a program crash or denial of service.

CVSS Scores

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