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Amazon Linux 2 : libtiff (ALAS-2022-1799)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 161933

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of libtiff installed on the remote host is prior to 4.0.3-35. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2022-1799 advisory.

 A flaw was found in libtiff where a NULL source pointer passed as an argument to the memcpy() function within the TIFFReadDirectory() in tif_dirread.c. This flaw allows an attacker to exploit this vulnerability via a crafted TIFF file, causing a crash and leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2022-0562)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'yum update libtiff' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2022-1799.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-0562.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 161933

File Name: al2_ALAS-2022-1799.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/7/2022

Updated: 12/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0562

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libtiff, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libtiff-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libtiff-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libtiff-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libtiff-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/31/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0562