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Amazon Linux 2 : advancecomp (ALAS-2020-1450)

high Nessus Plugin ID 138616

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Synopsis

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

Description

In AdvanceCOMP 2.1, png_compress in pngex.cc in advpng has an integer overflow upon encountering an invalid PNG size, which results in an attempted memcpy to write into a buffer that is too small. (There is also a heap-based buffer over-read.) (CVE-2019-9210)

Solution

Run 'yum update advancecomp' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2020-1450.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 138616

File Name: al2_ALAS-2020-1450.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/20/2020

Updated: 3/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless 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-2019-9210

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:advancecomp-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:advancecomp

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: 7/17/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-9210

ALAS: 2020-1450