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Amazon Linux 2022 : flac, flac-devel, flac-libs (ALAS2022-2022-163)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 167023

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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 ALAS2022-2022-163 advisory.

 An out-of-bounds write vulnerability was found in libFlak. The vulnerability occurs due to a missing bounds check. This flaw allows a local attacker without additional execution privileges to cause local information disclosure. (CVE-2021-0561)

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 'dnf update flac --releasever=2022.0.20221102' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2022/ALAS-2022-163.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-0561.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 167023

File Name: al2022_ALAS2022-2022-163.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/5/2022

Updated: 12/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-0561

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:flac, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:flac-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:flac-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:flac-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2022, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:flac-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:flac-debugsource

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-0561