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Posted on 06 August 2019
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Low: compat-libtiff3 security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:2051-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2051
Issue date: 2019-08-06
CVE Names: CVE-2018-7456
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1. Summary:
An update for compat-libtiff3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64
3. Description:
The compat-libtiff3 package provides libtiff 3, an older version of libtiff
library for manipulating TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) image format
files.
Security Fix(es):
* libtiff: NULL pointer dereference in tif_print.c:TIFFPrintDirectory()
causes a denial of service (CVE-2018-7456)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1556708 - CVE-2018-7456 libtiff: NULL pointer dereference in tif_print.c:TIFFPrintDirectory() causes a denial of service
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source:
compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.i686.rpm
compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.el7.i686.rpm
compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source:
compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.i686.rpm
compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.el7.i686.rpm
compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.src.rpm
ppc64:
compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.ppc.rpm
compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.ppc64.rpm
compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.el7.ppc.rpm
compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.el7.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.s390.rpm
compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.s390x.rpm
compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.el7.s390.rpm
compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.el7.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.i686.rpm
compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.el7.i686.rpm
compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.i686.rpm
compat-libtiff3-3.9.4-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.el7.i686.rpm
compat-libtiff3-debuginfo-3.9.4-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7456
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html-single/7.7_release_notes/index
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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