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RHEL 8 : libtiff (RHSA-2023:0095)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 169970
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for libtiff.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:0095 advisory.- libtiff: division by zero issues in tiffcrop (CVE-2022-2056, CVE-2022-2057, CVE-2022-2058)
- libtiff: Double free or corruption in rotateImage() function at tiffcrop.c (CVE-2022-2519)
- libtiff: Assertion fail in rotateImage() function at tiffcrop.c (CVE-2022-2520)
- libtiff: Invalid pointer free operation in TIFFClose() at tif_close.c (CVE-2022-2521)
- libtiff: uint32_t underflow leads to out of bounds read and write in tiffcrop.c (CVE-2022-2867)
- libtiff: Invalid crop_width and/or crop_length could cause an out-of-bounds read in reverseSamples16bits() (CVE-2022-2868)
- libtiff: tiffcrop.c has uint32_t underflow which leads to out of bounds read and write in extractContigSamples8bits() (CVE-2022-2869)
- libtiff: tiffcrop: heap-buffer-overflow in extractImageSection in tiffcrop.c (CVE-2022-2953)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL libtiff package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:0095.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?ee37eb58
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2103222
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2118847
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2118863
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2118869
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2122789
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2122792
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2122799
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 169970
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-0095.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/12/2023
Updated: 4/28/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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-2022-2058
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2521
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtiff, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtiff-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtiff-tools
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/28/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-2056, CVE-2022-2057, CVE-2022-2058, CVE-2022-2519, CVE-2022-2520, CVE-2022-2521, CVE-2022-2867, CVE-2022-2868, CVE-2022-2869, CVE-2022-2953