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Amazon Linux 2 : libcroco (ALAS-2020-1521)

high Nessus Plugin ID 141972

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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 ALAS2-2020-1521 advisory.

 - libcroco through 0.6.13 has excessive recursion in cr_parser_parse_any_core in cr-parser.c, leading to stack consumption. (CVE-2020-12825)

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 libcroco' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2020-1521.html

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12825

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 141972

File Name: al2_ALAS-2020-1521.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/28/2020

Updated: 2/13/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12825

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libcroco-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libcroco, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libcroco-debuginfo

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: 10/22/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12825

ALAS: 2020-1521