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Rocky Linux 9 : libtiff (RLSA-2023:0302)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 184884

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2023:0302 advisory.

 - Divide By Zero error in tiffcrop in libtiff 4.4.0 allows 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 f3a5e010.
 (CVE-2022-2056, CVE-2022-2057, CVE-2022-2058)

 - There is a double free or corruption in rotateImage() at tiffcrop.c:8839 found in libtiff 4.4.0rc1 (CVE-2022-2519)

 - A flaw was found in libtiff 4.4.0rc1. There is a sysmalloc assertion fail in rotateImage() at tiffcrop.c:8621 that can cause program crash when reading a crafted input. (CVE-2022-2520)

 - It was found in libtiff 4.4.0rc1 that there is an invalid pointer free operation in TIFFClose() at tif_close.c:131 called by tiffcrop.c:2522 that can cause a program crash and denial of service while processing crafted input. (CVE-2022-2521)

 - LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds read in extractImageSection in tools/tiffcrop.c:6905, 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 48d6ece8. (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 affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:0302

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2103222

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2134432

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 184884

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2023-0302.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 11/7/2023

Updated: 11/7/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous 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: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libtiff-debuginfo, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libtiff-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libtiff-tools, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libtiff-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libtiff-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libtiff

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/23/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/30/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2056, CVE-2022-2057, CVE-2022-2058, CVE-2022-2519, CVE-2022-2520, CVE-2022-2521, CVE-2022-2953