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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2023-41175: Security patch for libtiff (ALAS-2023-1839)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2023-41175: Security patch for libtiff (ALAS-2023-1839)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/27/2023
Created
10/11/2023
Added
10/07/2023
Modified
10/13/2023

Description

A vulnerability was found in libtiff due to multiple potential integer overflows in raw2tiff.c. This flaw allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute an arbitrary code via a crafted tiff image, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-libtiff

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