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Amazon Linux 2 : libtiff, --advisory ALAS2-2025-3004 (ALAS-2025-3004)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 266160

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of libtiff installed on the remote host is prior to 4.0.3-35. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-3004 advisory.

 A flaw has been found in LibTIFF 4.7.0. This affects the function
 _TIFFmallocExt/_TIFFCheckRealloc/TIFFHashSetNew/InitCCITTFax3 of the file tools/tiffcmp.c of the component tiffcmp. Executing manipulation can lead to memory leak. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been published and may be used. This patch is called ed141286a37f6e5ddafb5069347ff5d587e7a4e0.
 It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue. (CVE-2025-9165)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'yum update libtiff' or or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2-2025-3004' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2/ALAS2-2025-3004.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-9165.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 266160

File Name: al2_ALAS-2025-3004.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/30/2025

Updated: 9/30/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.7

Temporal Score: 1.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-9165

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 3

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Threat Score: 1.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libtiff-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libtiff-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libtiff-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libtiff-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libtiff

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/29/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-9165