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Amazon Linux 2 : emacs-gettext (ALAS-2020-1477)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 139856
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.Description
The version of tested product installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1477 advisory.- An issue was discovered in GNU gettext 0.19.8. There is a double free in default_add_message in read- catalog.c, related to an invalid free in po_gram_parse in po-gram-gen.y, as demonstrated by lt-msgfmt.
(CVE-2018-18751)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Run 'yum update gettext' to update your system.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 139856
File Name: al2_ALAS-2020-1477.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 8/26/2020
Updated: 2/23/2024
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: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-18751
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:gettext-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gettext, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gettext-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-gettext, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gettext-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gettext-common-devel
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: 8/18/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-18751
ALAS: 2020-1477