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Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-8914-03
Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-8914-03 - An update for libtiff is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Issues addressed include a null pointer vulnerability.
The following advisory data is extracted from:https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_8914.jsonRed Hat officially shut down their mailing list notifications October 10, 2023. Due to this, Packet Storm has recreated the below data as a reference point to raise awareness. It must be noted that due to an inability to easily track revision updates without crawling Red Hat's archive, these advisories are single notifications and we strongly suggest that you visit the Red Hat provided links to ensure you have the latest information available if the subject matter listed pertains to your environment.- Packet Storm Staff====================================================================Red Hat Security AdvisorySynopsis: Moderate: libtiff security updateAdvisory ID: RHSA-2024:8914-03Product: Red Hat Enterprise LinuxAdvisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8914Issue date: 2024-11-06Revision: 03CVE Names: CVE-2024-7006====================================================================Summary: An update for libtiff is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.Description:The libtiff packages contain a library of functions for manipulating Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) files.Security Fix(es):* libtiff: NULL pointer dereference in tif_dirinfo.c (CVE-2024-7006)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.Solution:https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258CVEs:CVE-2024-7006References:https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderatehttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2302996Related news
Ubuntu Security Notice 6997-2 - USN-6997-1 fixed a vulnerability in LibTIFF. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the application to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Ubuntu Security Notice 6997-1 - It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the application to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-6360-03 - An update for libtiff is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support. Issues addressed include a null pointer vulnerability.