Amazon Linux 2 : glib2 (ALAS-2023-2049)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 175955

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of glib2 installed on the remote host is prior to 2.56.1-9. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2049 advisory.

- In GNOME GLib 2.56.1, g_markup_parse_context_end_parse() in gmarkup.c has a NULL pointer dereference.
(CVE-2018-16428)

- GNOME GLib 2.56.1 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in g_markup_parse_context_parse() in gmarkup.c, related to utf8_str(). (CVE-2018-16429)

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 glib2' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 175955

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2049.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/17/2023

Updated: 5/18/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16428

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glib2-fam, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glib2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glib2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glib2-doc, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glib2-tests

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: 5/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/3/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16428, CVE-2018-16429

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