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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

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2022/ALAS-2022-078.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-44269.html

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: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:wavpack-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:wavpack-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:wavpack-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2022

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