Alpine: libtiffxx, multiple tiff packages: security update to 4.0.9-r1 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400736

Description

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

- In LibTIFF 4.0.9, there is an uncontrolled resource consumption in the TIFFSetDirectory function of
tif_dir.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted
tif file. This occurs because the declared number of directory entries is not validated against the actual
number of directory entries. (CVE-2018-5784)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400736

Version: Revision 1.23

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

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: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-5784

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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: 4/2/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5784

BID: 106270

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