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Alma Linux: CVE-2020-35522: Moderate: libtiff security and bug fix update (ALSA-2021-4241)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2020-35522: Moderate: libtiff security and bug fix update (ALSA-2021-4241)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/09/2021
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
09/15/2022

Description

In LibTIFF, there is a memory malloc failure in tif_pixarlog.c. A crafted TIFF document can lead to an abort, resulting in a remote denial of service attack.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-libtiff
  • alma-upgrade-libtiff-devel
  • alma-upgrade-libtiff-tools

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