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 multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2048 advisory.

2023-08-03: CVE-2018-25014 was added to this advisory.

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

A flaw was found in libwebp. An unitialized variable is used in function ReadSymbol. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
(CVE-2018-25014)

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 libwebp' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 175950

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2048.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/17/2023

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: 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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