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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-0562: Security patch for libtiff (ALAS-2022-1799)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-0562: Security patch for libtiff (ALAS-2022-1799)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/11/2022
Created
07/16/2022
Added
07/04/2022
Modified
07/14/2022

Description

Null source pointer passed as an argument to memcpy() function within TIFFReadDirectory() in tif_dirread.c in libtiff versions from 4.0 to 4.3.0 could lead to Denial of Service via crafted TIFF file. For users that compile libtiff from sources, a fix is available with commit 561599c.

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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