Alma Linux: CVE-2023-0798: Moderate: libtiff security update (ALSA-2023-3711)

Alma Linux: CVE-2023-0798: Moderate: libtiff security update (ALSA-2023-3711)

Severity

5

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Published

02/13/2023

Created

06/27/2023

Added

06/27/2023

Modified

01/28/2025

Description

LibTIFF 4.4.0 has an out-of-bounds read in tiffcrop in tools/tiffcrop.c:3400, 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 afaabc3e.

Solution(s)

• alma-upgrade-libtiff
• alma-upgrade-libtiff-devel
• alma-upgrade-libtiff-tools

References

• https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2023-0798
• CVE - 2023-0798
• https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-3711.html