Low: compat-libtiff3

Issue Overview:

A NULL Pointer Dereference occurs in the function TIFFPrintDirectory in tif_print.c in LibTIFF 4.0.9 when using the tiffinfo tool to print crafted TIFF information, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-18013. (This affects an earlier part of the TIFFPrintDirectory function that was not addressed by the CVE-2017-18013 patch.)(CVE-2018-7456)

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

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2018-7456

Mitre: CVE-2018-7456