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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2018-7456) (Multiple Advisories): libtiff security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2018-7456) (Multiple Advisories): libtiff security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/24/2018
Created
07/23/2020
Added
07/21/2020
Modified
11/23/2022

Description

A NULL Pointer Dereference occurs in the function TIFFPrintDirectory in tif_print.c in LibTIFF 3.9.3, 3.9.4, 3.9.5, 3.9.6, 3.9.7, 4.0.0alpha4, 4.0.0alpha5, 4.0.0alpha6, 4.0.0beta7, 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 when using the tiffinfo tool to print crafted TIFF information, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-18013. (This affects an earlier part of the TIFFPrintDirectory function that was not addressed by the CVE-2017-18013 patch.)

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-compat-libtiff3
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libtiff
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libtiff-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libtiff-static
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libtiff-tools

References

  • ELSA-2019-2053
  • USN-3864-1
  • DSA-4349
  • CVE-2018-7456

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