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Alma Linux: CVE-2022-1354: Moderate: libtiff security update (ALSA-2022-8194)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2022-1354: Moderate: libtiff security update (ALSA-2022-8194)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/31/2022
Created
11/21/2022
Added
11/21/2022
Modified
04/24/2023

Description

A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in Libtiffs' tiffinfo.c in TIFFReadRawDataStriped() function. This flaw allows an attacker to pass a crafted TIFF file to the tiffinfo tool, triggering a heap buffer overflow issue and causing a crash that leads to a denial of service.

Solution(s)

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

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