Important: compat-libtiff3

Issue Overview:

An out-of-memory flaw was found in libtiff. Passing a crafted tiff file to TIFFOpen() API may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a craft input with size smaller than 379 KB. (CVE-2023-6277)

Affected Packages:

compat-libtiff3

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

Issue Correction:
Run yum update compat-libtiff3 to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.amzn2.0.4.aarch64  
    compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.amzn2.0.4.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.amzn2.0.4.i686  
    compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.amzn2.0.4.i686  
  
src:  
    compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.amzn2.0.4.src  
  
x86_64:  
    compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.amzn2.0.4.x86_64  
    compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.amzn2.0.4.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2023-6277

Mitre: CVE-2023-6277