Amazon Linux 2 : libtiff (ALAS-2023-2212)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 180077

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 ALAS2-2023-2212 advisory.

- LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds write in _TIFFmemcpy in libtiff/tif_unix.c:346 when called from extractImageSection, tools/tiffcrop.c:6860, allowing attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file. For users that compile libtiff from sources, the fix is available with commit 236b7191.
(CVE-2022-3627)

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-2023-2212.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-2520.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-2868.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-2953.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-3597.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-3626.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-3627.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 180077

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2212.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/23/2023

Updated: 9/6/2023

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: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3627

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

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: 8/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2520, CVE-2022-2868, CVE-2022-2953, CVE-2022-3597, CVE-2022-3626, CVE-2022-3627