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RockyLinux 9 : libtiff (RLSA-2025:20801)
high Nessus Plugin ID 316343
Synopsis
The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2025:20801 advisory.* libtiff: TIFFRasterScanlineSize64 produce too-big size and could cause OOM (CVE-2023-52355)
* libtiff: Segment fault in libtiff in TIFFReadRGBATileExt() leading to denial of service (CVE-2023-52356)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:20801
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 316343
File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2025-20801.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Published: 5/22/2026
Updated: 5/22/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-52356
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
CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libtiff, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libtiff-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libtiff-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libtiff-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libtiff-tools, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libtiff-tools-debuginfo, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-52355, CVE-2023-52356