Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: libtiff / libtiff-debuginfo / libtiff-debugsource / libtiff-devel / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2023_0302)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 356081

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Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2023_0302 advisory.

* LibTiff: DoS from Divide By Zero Error (CVE-2022-2056, CVE-2022-2057, CVE-2022-2058)

* libtiff: Double free or corruption in rotateImage() function at tiffcrop.c (CVE-2022-2519)

* libtiff: tiffcrop: heap-buffer-overflow in extractImageSection in tiffcrop.c (CVE-2022-2953)

* libtiff: Assertion fail in rotateImage() function at tiffcrop.c (CVE-2022-2520)

* libtiff: Invalid pointer free operation in TIFFClose() at tif_close.c (CVE-2022-2521)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2023_0302.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 356081

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2023_0302.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2058

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2521

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/23/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/30/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2056, CVE-2022-2057, CVE-2022-2058, CVE-2022-2519, CVE-2022-2520, CVE-2022-2521, CVE-2022-2953

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