vulnerability

Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2022-40090: Medium priority package update for libtiff

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Aug 22, 2022
Added
Feb 17, 2025
Modified
Jul 7, 2025

Description

An issue was discovered in function TIFFReadDirectory libtiff before 4.4.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted TIFF file.
A flaw was found in the libtiff library. This issue allows an attacker who can submit a specially crafted file to an application linked with libtiff to cause an infinite loop, resulting in a denial of service.

Solutions

amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libtiffamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libtiff-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libtiff-debugsourceamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libtiff-develamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libtiff-staticamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libtiff-toolsamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libtiff-tools-debuginfo
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