Out-of-Bounds Affecting libtiff package, versions <0:4.0.9-20.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-LIBTIFF-4132405
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed14 Dec 2020

Introduced: 14 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-35521  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 libtiff to version 0:4.0.9-20.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:4241.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff package and not the libtiff package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in libtiff. Due to a memory allocation failure in tif_read.c, a crafted TIFF file can lead to an abort, resulting in denial of service.

CVSS Scores

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