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Amazon Linux 2 : exiv2 (ALAS-2020-1512)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 141967

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of exiv2 installed on the remote host is prior to 0.27.0-3. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1512 advisory.

 An out of bounds read vulnerability was discovered in the way exiv2 parses Canon raw format (CRW) images.
 An application that uses exiv2 library to parse untrusted images may be vulnerable to this flaw, which could be used by an attacker to extract data from the application's memory or make it crash. The biggest threat with this vulnerability is availability of the system. (CVE-2019-17402)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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 exiv2' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2020-1512.html

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17402

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 141967

File Name: al2_ALAS-2020-1512.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/28/2020

Updated: 12/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-17402

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exiv2, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exiv2-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exiv2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exiv2-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exiv2-doc

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-17402

ALAS: 2020-1512