Alpine: libtiffxx, multiple tiff packages: security update to 4.5.0-r2 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400045

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- processCropSelections in tools/tiffcrop.c in LibTIFF through 4.5.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow (e.g.,
"WRITE of size 307203") via a crafted TIFF image. (CVE-2022-48281)

See Also

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=68f726c1da4ecc609f460df198fcb8c62e1cfe86

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=6b8453f41e4f00b88e3772c0e159ab2b6e1d5a0b

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400045

Version: Revision 1.25

Type: Local

Published: 2/1/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-48281

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/1/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48281