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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-0801: Security patch for compat-libtiff3 (ALAS-2023-2235)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-0801: Security patch for compat-libtiff3 (ALAS-2023-2235)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/13/2023
Created
09/21/2023
Added
09/21/2023
Modified
09/21/2023

Description

LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds write in tiffcrop in libtiff/tif_unix.c:368, invoked by tools/tiffcrop.c:2903 and tools/tiffcrop.c:6778, allowing attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file. For users that compile libtiff from sources, the fix is available with commit 33aee127.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-compat-libtiff3
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-compat-libtiff3-debuginfo

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