MGASA-2022-0087 - Updated libtiff packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 06 Mar 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0087.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2022-0561,
     CVE-2022-0562

Null source pointer passed as an argument to memcpy() function within
TIFFFetchStripThing() in tif_dirread.c in libtiff versions from 3.9.0 to
4.3.0 could lead to Denial of Service via crafted TIFF file.
(CVE-2022-0561)

Null source pointer passed as an argument to memcpy() function within
TIFFReadDirectory() in tif_dirread.c in libtiff versions from 4.0 to 4.3.0
could lead to Denial of Service via crafted TIFF file. (CVE-2022-0562)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30108
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/DZEHZ35XVO2VBZ4HHCMM6J6TQIDSBQOM/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-0561
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-0562

SRPMS:
- 8/core/libtiff-4.2.0-1.2.mga8

Mageia 2022-0087: libtiff security update

Null source pointer passed as an argument to memcpy() function within TIFFFetchStripThing() in tif_dirread.c in libtiff versions from 3.9.0 to 4.3.0 could lead to Denial of Service...

Summary

Null source pointer passed as an argument to memcpy() function within TIFFFetchStripThing() in tif_dirread.c in libtiff versions from 3.9.0 to 4.3.0 could lead to Denial of Service via crafted TIFF file. (CVE-2022-0561)
Null source pointer passed as an argument to memcpy() function within TIFFReadDirectory() in tif_dirread.c in libtiff versions from 4.0 to 4.3.0 could lead to Denial of Service via crafted TIFF file. (CVE-2022-0562)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30108

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/DZEHZ35XVO2VBZ4HHCMM6J6TQIDSBQOM/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-0561

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-0562

Resolution

MGASA-2022-0087 - Updated libtiff packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/core/libtiff-4.2.0-1.2.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 06 Mar 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0087.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2022-0561, CVE-2022-0562

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