SB20230816276 - Fedora 38 update for tkimg
Published: August 16, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB20230816276
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-4645)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within tools/tiffcp.c. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted TIFF file to the application using the affected library, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.