SB2022021537 - Fedora 35 update for libtiff

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SB2022021537 - Fedora 35 update for libtiff

Published: February 15, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022021537
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0561)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the memcpy() function within TIFFFetchStripThing() in tif_dirread.c. A remote attacker can trick victim to open specially crafted TIFF file and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0562)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the memcpy() function within TIFFReadDirectory() in tif_dirread.c. A remote attacker can trick victim to open specially crafted TIFF file and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References