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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-12900: Security patch for libtiff (ALAS-2019-1306)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-12900: Security patch for libtiff (ALAS-2019-1306)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/26/2018
Created
10/12/2019
Added
10/11/2019
Modified
07/17/2021

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the cpSeparateBufToContigBuf function in tiffcp.c in LibTIFF 3.9.3, 3.9.4, 3.9.5, 3.9.6, 3.9.7, 4.0.0beta7, 4.0.0alpha4, 4.0.0alpha5, 4.0.0alpha6, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.4beta, 4.0.5, 4.0.6, 4.0.7, 4.0.8 and 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF file.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-libtiff

References

  • ALAS-2019-1306
  • USN-3906-1
  • USN-3906-2
  • CVE-2018-12900

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