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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-35521: Security patch for libtiff (ALAS-2022-1780)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-35521: Security patch for libtiff (ALAS-2022-1780)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/09/2021
Created
07/16/2022
Added
07/04/2022
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

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.

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

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