Alpine: libtiffxx, multiple tiff packages: security update to 4.0.8-r0 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400837

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a memory leak in tif_jbig.c. A crafted TIFF document can lead to a memory leak
resulting in a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2017-9936)

- In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a assertion abort in the TIFFWriteDirectoryTagCheckedLong8Array function in
tif_dirwrite.c. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2017-10688)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 400837

Version: Revision 1.24

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: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-10688

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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: 8/7/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-10688, CVE-2017-9936

BID: 99300, 99359

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