USN-6827-1: LibTIFF vulnerability

Severity

Low

Vendor

Canonical Ubuntu

Description

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled memory when performing certain cropping operations, leading to a heap buffer overflow. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-6827-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: libtiff-doc – 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm16 libtiff-opengl – 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm16 libtiff-tools – 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm16 libtiff5 – 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm16 libtiff5-dev – 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm16 libtiffxx5 – 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2023-3164.

Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions

Severity is low unless otherwise noted.

• cflinuxfs4
  • All versions prior to 1.99.0
• CF Deployment
  • All versions prior to 41.0.0

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigations below.

The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:

• cflinuxfs4
  • Upgrade all versions to 1.99.0 or greater
• CF Deployment
  • Upgrade all versions to 41.0.0 or greater

History

2024-07-25: Initial vulnerability report published.