USN-6290-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities

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18 October 2023

18 October 2023

CLOSED

MEDIUM

CVE-2022-48281,CVE-2023-25433,CVE-2023-26965,CVE-2023-26966,CVE-2023-2731,CVE-2023-2908,CVE-2023-3316,CVE-2023-3618,CVE-2023-38288,CVE-2023-38289

Severity

medium

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

  • Canonical Ubuntu 16.04
  • Canonical Ubuntu 18.04
  • Canonical Ubuntu 22.04

Description

It was discovered that LibTIFF could be made to write out of bounds when processing certain malformed image files with the tiffcrop utility. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause tiffcrop to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-48281) It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-2731) 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-2023-2908) It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain file paths. If a user were tricked into specifying certain output paths, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-3316) It was discovered that LibTIFF could be made to write out of bounds when processing certain malformed image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3618) It was discovered that LibTIFF could be made to write out of bounds when processing certain malformed image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-25433, CVE-2023-26966) It was discovered that LibTIFF did not properly managed memory when processing certain malformed image files with the tiffcrop utility. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause tiffcrop to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-26965) It was discovered that LibTIFF contained an arithmetic overflow. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-38288, CVE-2023-38289) Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-6290-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: libtiff-opengl - 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm12 libtiffxx5 - 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm12 libtiff5-dev - 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm12 libtiff5 - 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm12 libtiff-tools - 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm12 libtiff-doc - 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.8+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2022-48281, CVE-2023-25433, CVE-2023-26965, CVE-2023-26966, CVE-2023-3316, CVE-2023-2731, CVE-2023-2908, CVE-2023-3618, CVE-2023-38288, CVE-2023-38289

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

  • Isolation Segment
    • 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.38
    • 2.13.x versions prior to 2.13.23
    • 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.16
    • 4.0.x versions prior to 4.0.8+LTS-T
  • Operations Manager
    • 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.25
    • 2.8.x versions prior to 2.8.16
    • 2.9.x versions prior to 2.9.12
    • 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.3
  • VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
    • 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.44
    • 2.13.x versions prior to 2.13.26
    • 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.16
    • 4.0.x versions prior to 4.0.8+LTS-T

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:
  • Isolation Segment
    • 2.11.38
    • 2.13.23
    • 3.0.16
    • 4.0.8+LTS-T
  • Operations Manager
    • 2.7.25
    • 2.8.16
    • 2.9.12
    • 2.10.3
  • VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
    • 2.11.44
    • 2.13.26
    • 3.0.16
    • 4.0.8+LTS-T

References

History

2023-10-18: Initial vulnerability report published.