Amazon Linux 2 : libwebp (ALAS-2023-2048)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 175950

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of libwebp installed on the remote host is prior to 0.3.0-10. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2048 advisory.

- A heap-based buffer overflow was found in libwebp in versions before 1.0.1 in ShiftBytes().
(CVE-2018-25013)

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 libwebp' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 175950

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2048.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/17/2023

Updated: 8/14/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-25014

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:libwebp-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libwebp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libwebp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libwebp-java, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libwebp-tools, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-25013, CVE-2018-25014

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