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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2022.6265
USN-5743-2: LibTIFF vulnerability
2 December 2022
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: LibTIFF
Publisher: Ubuntu
Operating System: Ubuntu
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2022-3970
Original Bulletin:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5743-2
Comment: CVSS (Max): 9.8 CVE-2022-3970 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVSS Source: NVD
Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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USN-5743-2: LibTIFF vulnerability
1 December 2022
LibTIFF could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
o Ubuntu 22.10
o Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
o Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
o Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Packages
o tiff - Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library
Details
USN-5743-1 fixed a vulnerability in LibTIFF. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.10.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed
images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially
crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package
versions:
Ubuntu 22.10
o libtiff-tools - 4.4.0-4ubuntu3.2
o libtiff5 - 4.4.0-4ubuntu3.2
Ubuntu 22.04
o libtiff-tools - 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.3
o libtiff5 - 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.3
Ubuntu 20.04
o libtiff-tools - 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.7
o libtiff5 - 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.7
Ubuntu 18.04
o libtiff-tools - 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.9
o libtiff5 - 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.9
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
o CVE-2022-3970
Related notices
o USN-5743-1 : libtiffxx5, libtiff5, libtiff-doc, tiff, libtiff5-dev,
libtiff-tools, libtiff-opengl
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