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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-0891: Security patch for libtiff (ALAS-2023-2300)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-0891: Security patch for libtiff (ALAS-2023-2300)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/10/2022
Created
10/24/2023
Added
10/23/2023
Modified
10/23/2023

Description

A heap buffer overflow in ExtractImageSection function in tiffcrop.c in libtiff library Version 4.3.0 allows attacker to trigger unsafe or out of bounds memory access via crafted TIFF image file which could result into application crash, potential information disclosure or any other context-dependent impact

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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