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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-3164: Security patch for libtiff (ALAS-2023-2300)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-3164: Security patch for libtiff (ALAS-2023-2300)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/23/2023
Created
10/24/2023
Added
10/23/2023
Modified
12/22/2023

Description

A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability was found in LibTIFF, in extractImageSection() at tools/tiffcrop.c:7916 and tools/tiffcrop.c:7801. This flaw allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted tiff file.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libtiff
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libtiff-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libtiff-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libtiff-static
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libtiff-tools

References

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