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Alma Linux: CVE-2022-40090: Moderate: libtiff security update (ALSA-2024-2289)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2022-40090: Moderate: libtiff security update (ALSA-2024-2289)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/22/2023
Created
05/08/2024
Added
05/08/2024
Modified
05/08/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in function TIFFReadDirectory libtiff before 4.4.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted TIFF file.

Solution(s)

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

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