Amazon Linux AMI : libwebp (ALAS-2023-1748)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 176258

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of libwebp installed on the remote host is prior to 0.3.0-10.9. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1748 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: 176258

File Name: ala_ALAS-2023-1748.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/24/2023

Updated: 5/24/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-25013

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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

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

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