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RedHat: RHSA-2019-2051-01 Low: compat-libtiff3 Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey August 6, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
An update for compat-libtiff3 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, rated low risk due to a denial of service issue.
An update for compat-libtiff3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The compat-libtiff3 package provides libtiff 3, an older version of libtiff library for manipulating TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) image format files.
Security Fix(es):
* libtiff: NULL pointer dereference in tif_print.c:TIFFPrintDirectory() causes a denial of service (CVE-2018-7456)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service red hat low severity security impact compat-libtiff3

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7456 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html-single/7.7_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.i686.rpm compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.x86_64.rpm compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.el7.i686.rpm compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.i686.rpm compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.x86_64.rpm compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.el7.i686.rpm compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.src.rpm
ppc64: compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.ppc.rpm compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.ppc64.rpm compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.el7.ppc.rpm compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.el7.ppc64.rpm
s390x: compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.s390.rpm compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.s390x.rpm compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.el7.s390.rpm compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.el7.s390x.rpm
x86_64: compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.i686.rpm compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.x86_64.rpm compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.el7.i686.rpm compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:

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Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:2051-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2051
Issue date: 2019-08-06

Topic

An update for compat-libtiff3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service red hat low severity security impact compat-libtiff3

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1556708 - CVE-2018-7456 libtiff: NULL pointer dereference in tif_print.c:TIFFPrintDirectory() causes a denial of service

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