Medium: compat-libtiff3

Issue Overview:

A NULL pointer dereference in TIFFClose() is caused by a failure to open an output file (non-existent path or a path that requires permissions like /dev/null) while specifying zones. (CVE-2023-3316)

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.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.amzn2.0.1.i686  
  
src:  
    compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.amzn2.0.1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2023-3316

Mitre: CVE-2023-3316