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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2019-14973: Security patch for libtiff (ALAS-2020-1532)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2019-14973: Security patch for libtiff (ALAS-2020-1532)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/14/2019
Created
10/28/2020
Added
10/28/2020
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

_TIFFCheckMalloc and _TIFFCheckRealloc in tif_aux.c in LibTIFF through 4.0.10 mishandle Integer Overflow checks because they rely on compiler behavior that is undefined by the applicable C standards. This can, for example, lead to an application crash.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libtiff
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libtiff-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libtiff-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libtiff-static
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libtiff-tools

References

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