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RHEL 9 : libtiff (RHSA-2023:0302)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 170408
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for libtiff.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:0302 advisory.The libtiff packages contain a library of functions for manipulating Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) files.
Security Fix(es):
* LibTiff: DoS from Divide By Zero Error (CVE-2022-2056, CVE-2022-2057, CVE-2022-2058)
* libtiff: Double free or corruption in rotateImage() function at tiffcrop.c (CVE-2022-2519)
* libtiff: tiffcrop: heap-buffer-overflow in extractImageSection in tiffcrop.c (CVE-2022-2953)
* libtiff: Assertion fail in rotateImage() function at tiffcrop.c (CVE-2022-2520)
* libtiff: Invalid pointer free operation in TIFFClose() at tif_close.c (CVE-2022-2521)
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.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL libtiff package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:0302.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?0779c71d
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2103222
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2122789
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2122792
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2122799
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2134432
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0302
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 170408
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-0302.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/23/2023
Updated: 3/16/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2058
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2521
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtiff, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtiff-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtiff-tools, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/23/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/30/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-2056, CVE-2022-2057, CVE-2022-2058, CVE-2022-2519, CVE-2022-2520, CVE-2022-2521, CVE-2022-2953