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Alpine: libtiffxx, multiple tiff packages: security update to 4.0.10-r1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424537

Description

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

 - _TIFFCheckMalloc and _TIFFCheckRealloc in tif_aux.c in LibTIFF through 4.0.10 mishandle Integer Overflow
 checks because they rely on compiler behavior that is undefined by the applicable C standards. This can,
 for example, lead to an application crash. (CVE-2019-14973)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-14973

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 424537

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 5/31/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14973

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14973