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

high Nessus Plugin ID 141972

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of libcroco installed on the remote host is prior to 0.6.12-6. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1521 advisory.

A stack overflow flaw was found in libcroco. A service using libcroco's CSS parser could be crashed by a local, authenticated attacker, or an attacker utilizing social engineering, using a crafted input. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2020-12825)

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 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: 1.4

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: 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