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Amazon Linux 2 : libpng (ALAS-2023-1904)

high Nessus Plugin ID 170440

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of libpng installed on the remote host is prior to 1.5.13-8. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-1904 advisory.

 - Integer underflow in the png_check_keyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng 0.90 through 0.99, 1.0.x before 1.0.66, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.56, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.19, and 1.5.x before 1.5.26 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a space character as a keyword in a PNG image, which triggers an out-of-bounds read. (CVE-2015-8540)

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 libpng' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-1904.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2015-8540.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 170440

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-1904.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/24/2023

Updated: 1/24/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-8540

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libpng-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libpng, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libpng-static, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libpng-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/18/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/14/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8540