Alpine: libtiffxx, multiple tiff packages: security update to 4.0.1-r0 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401279

Description

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

- The t2p_read_tiff_init function in tiff2pdf (tools/tiff2pdf.c) in LibTIFF 4.0.2 and earlier does not
properly initialize the T2P context struct pointer in certain error conditions, which allows context-
dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted
TIFF image that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. (CVE-2012-3401)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 401279

Version: Revision 1.26

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: 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-2012-3401

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: 8/15/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/4/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3401

BID: 54601

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