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Amazon Linux 2023 : libtiff, libtiff-devel, libtiff-static (ALAS2023-2023-298)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 180116

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-298 advisory.

 - A flaw was found in libtiff. A specially crafted tiff file can lead to a segmentation fault due to a buffer overflow in the Fax3Encode function in libtiff/tif_fax3.c, resulting in a denial of service.
 (CVE-2023-3618)

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

Solution

Run 'dnf update libtiff --releasever 2023.1.20230823' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-298.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-3618.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 180116

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2023-298.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/24/2023

Updated: 8/24/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-3618

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libtiff, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libtiff-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libtiff-debugsource, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libtiff-tools-debuginfo, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-3618