QID 240881

Date Published: 2022-11-16

QID 240881: Red Hat Update for libtiff (RHSA-2022:8194)

The libtiff packages contain a library of functions for manipulating tagged image file format (tiff) files...Security Fix(es):

    libtiff: denial of service via crafted tiff file (cve-2022-0561).
    Libtiff: null source pointer lead to denial of service via crafted tiff file (cve-2022-0562).
    Libtiff: reachable assertion (cve-2022-0865).
    Libtiff: out-of-bounds read error in tiffcp (cve-2022-0924).
    Libtiff: stack-buffer-overflow in tiffcp.c in main() (cve-2022-1355).
    Libtiff: out-of-bounds read in _tiffmemcpy() in tif_unix.c (cve-2022-22844).
    Libtiff: heap buffer overflow in extractimagesection (cve-2022-0891).
    Tiff: null source pointer passed as an argument to memcpy in tifffetchnormaltag() in tif_dirread.c (cve-2022-0908).
    Tiff: divide by zero error in tiffcrop (cve-2022-0909).
    Libtiff: heap-buffer-overflow in tiffreadrawdatastriped() in tiffinfo.c (cve-2022-1354).
Affected Products:
    Red Hat enterprise linux for x86_64 9 x86_64.
    Red hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems 9 s390x.
    Red hat enterprise linux for power, little endian 9 ppc64le.
    Red hat enterprise linux for arm 64 9 aarch64.
    Red hat codeready linux builder for x86_64 9 x86_64.
    Red hat codeready linux builder for power, little endian 9 ppc64le.
    Red hat codeready linux builder for arm 64 9 aarch64.
    Red hat codeready linux builder for ibm z systems 9 s390x.
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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.1 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.8 severity.
  • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2022:8194 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2022:8194 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8194