Amazon Linux AMI update for libtiff

Published: 2025-02-19

Risk	High
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2022-3597 CVE-2022-3627
CWE-ID	CWE-787
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Amazon Linux AMI Operating systems & Components / Operating system libtiff Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	Amazon Web Services

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Out-of-bounds write

EUVDB-ID: #VU68819

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 8.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3597

CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing TIFF images within the _TIFFmemcpy() function in libtiff/tif_unix.c. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted TIFF file to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

aarch64:
    libtiff-static-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.11.aarch64
    libtiff-debugsource-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.11.aarch64
    libtiff-tools-debuginfo-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.11.aarch64
    libtiff-debuginfo-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.11.aarch64
    libtiff-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.11.aarch64
    libtiff-devel-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.11.aarch64
    libtiff-tools-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.11.aarch64

src:
    libtiff-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.11.src

x86_64:
    libtiff-debugsource-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.11.x86_64
    libtiff-static-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.11.x86_64
    libtiff-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.11.x86_64
    libtiff-debuginfo-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.11.x86_64
    libtiff-tools-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.11.x86_64
    libtiff-tools-debuginfo-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.11.x86_64
    libtiff-devel-4.4.0-4.amzn2023.0.11.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

libtiff: before 4.4.0-4

CPE2.3

External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-314.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Out-of-bounds write

EUVDB-ID: #VU68817