Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-329
Advisory Release Date: 2023-08-31 21:45 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-09-07 21:18 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in Libtiff's LZWDecode() function in the libtiff/tif_lzw.c file. This flaw allows a local attacker to craft specific input data that can cause the program to dereference a NULL pointer when decompressing a TIFF format file, resulting in a program crash or denial of service. (CVE-2023-2731)
Affected Packages:
libtiff
Issue Correction:
Run dnf update libtiff --releasever 2023.1.20230906 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
libtiff-tools-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.13.aarch64
libtiff-debuginfo-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.13.aarch64
libtiff-static-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.13.aarch64
libtiff-debugsource-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.13.aarch64
libtiff-tools-debuginfo-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.13.aarch64
libtiff-devel-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.13.aarch64
libtiff-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.13.aarch64
src:
libtiff-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.13.src
x86_64:
libtiff-debuginfo-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.13.x86_64
libtiff-debugsource-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.13.x86_64
libtiff-tools-debuginfo-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.13.x86_64
libtiff-tools-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.13.x86_64
libtiff-static-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.13.x86_64
libtiff-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.13.x86_64
libtiff-devel-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.13.x86_64