Amazon Linux 2 : openjpeg2 (ALAS-2022-1894)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 168450

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of openjpeg2 installed on the remote host is prior to 2.4.0-5. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2022-1894 advisory.

- A flaw was found in the opj2_decompress program in openjpeg2 2.4.0 in the way it handles an input directory with a large number of files. When it fails to allocate a buffer to store the filenames of the input directory, it calls free() on an uninitialized pointer, leading to a segmentation fault and a denial of service. (CVE-2022-1122)

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 openjpeg2' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2022-1894.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-1122.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 168450

File Name: al2_ALAS-2022-1894.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/7/2022

Updated: 12/7/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1122

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openjpeg2-devel-docs, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openjpeg2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openjpeg2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openjpeg2-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openjpeg2-tools

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/29/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1122