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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.The libtiff packages contain a library of functions for manipulating Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) files.
Security Fix(es):
* LibTiff: DoS from Divide By Zero Error (CVE-2022-2056, CVE-2022-2057, CVE-2022-2058)
* libtiff: Double free or corruption in rotateImage() function at tiffcrop.c (CVE-2022-2519)
* libtiff: uint32_t underflow leads to out of bounds read and write in tiffcrop.c (CVE-2022-2867)
* 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)
* 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: Invalid crop_width and/or crop_length could cause an out-of-bounds read in reverseSamples16bits() (CVE-2022-2868)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
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?d20c6eb8
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: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/12/2023
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtiff, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtiff-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, 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