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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-2867: Security patch for libtiff (ALAS-2022-1872)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-2867: Security patch for libtiff (ALAS-2022-1872)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/17/2022
Created
11/11/2022
Added
11/10/2022
Modified
01/31/2023

Description

libtiff's tiffcrop utility has a uint32_t underflow that can lead to out of bounds read and write. An attacker who supplies a crafted file to tiffcrop (likely via tricking a user to run tiffcrop on it with certain parameters) could cause a crash or in some cases, further exploitation.

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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