Release of invalid pointer or reference in LibTIFF - CVE-2022-2521

Vulnerability identifier: #VU69401

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2521

CWE-ID: CWE-763

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an invalid pointer free operation within the TIFFClose() function in tif_close.c. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

LibTIFF
Amazon Linux AMI
Debian Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
openSUSE Leap Micro
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Oracle Linux
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Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems
Anolis OS
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
Ubuntu
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Data Lakehouse
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Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes
Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP)
Migration Toolkit for Containers
HPE Moonshot 1500 Chassis Manager
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages
libtiff-tools (Ubuntu package)
libtiff (Red Hat package)
tiff
tiff-debuginfo
tiff-debugsource
libtiff-devel
libtiff5-32bit
libtiff5
libtiff5-debuginfo-32bit
libtiff5-debuginfo
libtiff5-32bit-debuginfo
libtiff-devel-32bit
tiff (Debian package)
libtiff-help
libtiff-debugsource
libtiff-debuginfo
libtiff
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance
Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance

Install updates from vendor's website.

Data Lakehouse - update to 1.1.0.0
Migration Toolkit for Runtimes - update to 1.0.2
OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP) - update to 1.1.2
Migration Toolkit for Containers - update to 1.7.7
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes - update to 2.6.4
Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications - update to 6.0.1
libtiff-tools (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.8, 4.1.0+git191117-2ubuntu0.20.04.6, 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.2, 4.4.0-4ubuntu3.1
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps - update to 3.6.2
HPE Moonshot 1500 Chassis Manager - update to 4.0-b43
libtiff (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 4.0.9-26.el8_7, 4.4.0-5.el9_1
tiff - addressed in versions 4.0.9-44.56.1, 4.0.9-150000.45.16.1
tiff-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.0.9-44.56.1, 4.0.9-150000.45.16.1
tiff-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.0.9-44.56.1, 4.0.9-150000.45.16.1
libtiff-devel - addressed in versions 4.0.9-44.56.1, 4.0.9-150000.45.16.1
libtiff5-32bit - addressed in versions 4.0.9-44.56.1, 4.0.9-150000.45.16.1
libtiff5 - addressed in versions 4.0.9-44.56.1, 4.0.9-150000.45.16.1
libtiff5-debuginfo-32bit - update to 4.0.9-44.56.1
libtiff5-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.0.9-44.56.1, 4.0.9-150000.45.16.1
libtiff5-32bit-debuginfo - update to 4.0.9-150000.45.16.1
libtiff-devel-32bit - update to 4.0.9-150000.45.16.1
tiff (Debian package) - update to 4.2.0-1+deb11u3
libtiff-help - update to 4.3.0-4
libtiff-devel - update to 4.3.0-4
libtiff-debugsource - update to 4.3.0-4
libtiff-debuginfo - update to 4.3.0-4
libtiff - update to 4.3.0-4
libtiff - update to 4.4.0-4
libtiff - update to 4.4.0-8.0.1
libtiff-devel - update to 4.4.0-8.0.1
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.6.5
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance - update to 8.0.000
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance - update to 13.1.0.2.29
Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery - update to 19.14.0.1
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak - addressed in versions 21.0.7.3, 23.0.3

• https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/422
• https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/378

• Multiple vulnerabilities in LibTIFF
• Ubuntu update for tiff
• SUSE update for tiff
• SUSE update for tiff
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell VxRail Appliance components
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for libtiff
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Linux
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for libtiff
• Debian update for tiff
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Migration Toolkit for Containers (MTC)
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.6
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell Cloud Tiering Appliance
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications
• Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP) 1.1
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Migration Toolkit for Runtimes
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Discovery Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
• openEuler update for libtiff
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell Data Lakehouse System Software
• Amazon Linux AMI update for libtiff
• Multiple vulnerabilities in HPE Moonshot 1500 Chassis Manager
• Anolis OS update for libtiff