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Amazon Linux 2 : libjpeg-turbo (ALAS-2019-1198)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 124304

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Synopsis

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

Description

A divide by zero vulnerability has been discovered in libjpeg-turbo in alloc_sarray function of jmemmgr.c file. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.(CVE-2018-11212)

Solution

Run 'yum update libjpeg-turbo' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2019-1198.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 124304

File Name: al2_ALAS-2019-1198.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/26/2019

Updated: 5/31/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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-2018-11212

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:turbojpeg, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libjpeg-turbo-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:turbojpeg-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libjpeg-turbo-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libjpeg-turbo-utils, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libjpeg-turbo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libjpeg-turbo-static

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/26/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/16/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-11212

ALAS: 2019-1198