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Amazon Linux 2022 : fribidi, fribidi-devel (ALAS2022-2022-200)
high Nessus Plugin ID 167005
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2022 host is missing a security update.Description
It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2022-2022-200 advisory.A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the Fribidi package. This flaw allows an attacker to pass a specially crafted file to the Fribidi application, which leads to a possible memory leak or a denial of service. (CVE-2022-25308)
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the Fribidi package and affects the fribidi_cap_rtl_to_unicode() function of the fribidi-char-sets-cap-rtl.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to pass a specially crafted file to the Fribidi application with the --caprtl option, leading to a crash and causing a denial of service. (CVE-2022-25309)
A segmentation fault (SEGV) flaw was found in the Fribidi package and affects the fribidi_remove_bidi_marks() function of the lib/fribidi.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to pass a specially crafted file to Fribidi, leading to a crash and causing a denial of service. (CVE-2022-25310)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Run 'dnf update fribidi --releasever=2022.0.20221102' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2022/ALAS-2022-200.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-25308.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 167005
File Name: al2022_ALAS2022-2022-200.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 11/4/2022
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: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 5.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-25308
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:fribidi-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:fribidi, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2022, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:fribidi-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:fribidi-devel
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: 11/1/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/1/2022