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Amazon Linux 2 : audiofile (ALAS-2023-1997)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 173196
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.Description
The version of audiofile installed on the remote host is prior to 0.3.6-10. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-1997 advisory.- In autofile Audio File Library 0.3.6, there exists one memory leak vulnerability in printfileinfo, in printinfo.c, which allows an attacker to leak sensitive information via a crafted file. The printfileinfo function calls the copyrightstring function to get data, however, it dosn't use zero bytes to truncate the data. (CVE-2022-24599)
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 audiofile' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-1997.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 173196
File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-1997.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 3/22/2023
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:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24599
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:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:audiofile, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:audiofile-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:audiofile-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2
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: 3/17/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-24599