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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2023.0628
USN-5841-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities
3 February 2023
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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-2022-48281 CVE-2022-3970 CVE-2020-35524
CVE-2020-35523 CVE-2019-17546 CVE-2019-14973
Original Bulletin:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5841-1
Comment: CVSS (Max): 8.8 CVE-2022-3970 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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USN-5841-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities
2 February 2023
Several security issues were fixed in LibTIFF.
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Releases
o Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
o Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
Packages
o tiff - Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library
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. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
( CVE-2019-14973 , CVE-2019-17546 , CVE-2020-35523 , CVE-2020-35524 ,
CVE-2022-3970 )
It was discovered that LibTIFF was incorrectly acessing a data structure
when processing data with the tiffcrop tool, which could lead to a heap
buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service or execute arbitrary code. ( CVE-2022-48281 )
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Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package
versions:
Ubuntu 16.04
o libtiff5 - 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm9
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o libtiff-tools - 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm9
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 14.04
o libtiff5 - 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm6
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o libtiff-tools - 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm6
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
o CVE-2019-14973
o CVE-2020-35524
o CVE-2019-17546
o CVE-2022-48281
o CVE-2020-35523
o CVE-2022-3970
Related notices
o USN-4158-1 : libtiff-tools, libtiff5-dev, libtiffxx5, libtiff-dev,
libtiff-opengl, tiff, libtiff-doc, libtiff5
o USN-4755-1 : libtiff-tools, libtiff5-dev, libtiffxx5, libtiff-dev,
libtiff-opengl, tiff, libtiff-doc, libtiff5
o USN-5743-1 : libtiff-tools, libtiff5-dev, libtiffxx5, libtiff-opengl, tiff,
libtiff-doc, libtiff5
o USN-5743-2 : libtiff-tools, libtiff5-dev, libtiffxx5, libtiff-dev,
libtiff-opengl, tiff, libtiff-doc, libtiff5
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