Amazon Linux 2023 : harfbuzz, harfbuzz-devel, harfbuzz-icu (ALAS2023-2023-036)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 173187

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-036 advisory.

- HarfBuzz 2.9.0 has an out-of-bounds write in hb_bit_set_invertible_t::set (called from hb_sparseset_t<hb_bit_set_invertible_t>::set and hb_set_copy). (CVE-2021-45931)

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 harfbuzz --releasever=2023.0.20230222 ' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-036.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-45931.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 173187

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2023-036.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/21/2023

Updated: 4/20/2023

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-2021-45931

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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:harfbuzz, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:harfbuzz-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:harfbuzz-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:harfbuzz-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:harfbuzz-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:harfbuzz-icu, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:harfbuzz-icu-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023

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: 2/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-45931