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Amazon Linux 2 : mercurial (ALAS-2019-1328)

high Nessus Plugin ID 130224

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Synopsis

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

Description

An issue was discovered in AdvanceCOMP through 2.1. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function be_uint32_read() located in endianrw.h. It can be triggered by sending a crafted file to a binary.
It allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact when a victim opens a specially crafted file.(CVE-2019-8379)

An issue was discovered in AdvanceCOMP through 2.1. An invalid memory address occurs in the function adv_png_unfilter_8 in lib/png.c. It can be triggered by sending a crafted file to a binary. It allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact when a victim opens a specially crafted file.(CVE-2019-8383)

Solution

Run 'yum update mercurial' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2019-1328.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 130224

File Name: al2_ALAS-2019-1328.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/25/2019

Updated: 4/17/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-8383

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mercurial-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-mercurial, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mercurial-hgk, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mercurial, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-mercurial-el

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: 10/23/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/17/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-8379, CVE-2019-8383

ALAS: 2019-1328