Severity

Medium

Vendor

Canonical Ubuntu

Versions Affected

• Canonical Ubuntu 22.04

Description

USN-6644-1 fixed vulnerabilities in LibTIFF. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the application to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-52356) It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain image files with the tiffcp utility. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause tiffcp to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-6228) It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the application to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-6277) Update Instructions: Run sudo pro fix USN-6644-2 to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: libtiff-opengl – 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.8 libtiffxx5 – 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.8 libtiff5-dev – 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.8 libtiff-dev – 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.8 libtiff5 – 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.8 libtiff-tools – 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.8 libtiff-doc – 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.8 No subscription required

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2023-52356, CVE-2023-6228, CVE-2023-6277.

Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

• cflinuxfs4
  • All versions prior to 1.78.0
• CF Deployment
  • All versions prior to 39.3.0

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 1.78.0 or greater
• CF Deployment
  • Upgrade all versions to 39.3.0 or greater

References

• USN Notice
• CVE-2023-52356
• CVE-2023-6228
• CVE-2023-6277

History

2024-04-04: Initial vulnerability report published.