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Amazon Linux 2 : liblouis (ALAS-2023-2013)
high Nessus Plugin ID 174578
Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.Description
The version of liblouis installed on the remote host is prior to 2.6.2-21. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2013 advisory.Buffer Overflow vulnerability found in Liblouis v.3.24.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the lou_logFile function at logginc.c endpoint. (CVE-2023-26767)
Buffer Overflow vulnerability found in Liblouis v.3.24.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the compileTranslationTable.c and lou_setDataPath functions. (CVE-2023-26768)
Buffer Overflow vulnerability found in Liblouis Lou_Trace v.3.24.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the resolveSubtable function at compileTranslationTabel.c. (CVE-2023-26769)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Run 'yum update liblouis' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2013.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-26767.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-26768.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 174578
File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2013.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 4/20/2023
Updated: 12/11/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-26769
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:liblouis-utils, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:liblouis, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-louis, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:liblouis-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python2-louis, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:liblouis-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:liblouis-doc
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: 4/13/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2023