Alpine: libtiffxx, multiple tiff packages: security update to 4.0.3-r2 (deprecated)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401203

Description

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

- Heap-based buffer overflow in the readgifimage function in the gif2tiff tool in libtiff 4.0.3 and earlier
allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a
crafted height and width values in a GIF image. (CVE-2013-4243)

- The LZW decompressor in the gif2tiff tool in libtiff 4.0.3 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers
to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a
crafted GIF image. (CVE-2013-4244)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 401203

Version: Revision 1.24

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 5/2/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-4244

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/24/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4243, CVE-2013-4244

BID: 62019, 62082

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