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Amazon Linux 2022 : (ALAS2022-2022-078)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 164716
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2022 host is missing a security update.Description
It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2022-2022-078 advisory.- An out of bounds read was found in Wavpack 5.4.0 in processing *.WAV files. This issue triggered in function WavpackPackSamples of file src/pack_utils.c, tainted variable cnt is too large, that makes pointer sptr read beyond heap bound. (CVE-2021-44269)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Run 'dnf update --releasever=2022.0.20220518 wavpack' to update your system.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 164716
File Name: al2022_ALAS2022-2022-078.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 9/6/2022
Updated: 10/12/2023
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-44269
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:wavpack-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:wavpack-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2022, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:wavpack, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:wavpack-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: 5/18/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-44269