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Amazon Linux 2 : OpenEXR (ALAS-2023-2078)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 176921

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of OpenEXR installed on the remote host is prior to 1.7.1-8. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2078 advisory.

 A flaw was found in OpenEXR's B44Compressor. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR, to exhaust all memory accessible to the application. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2021-20298)

 A flaw found in function dataWindowForTile() of IlmImf/ImfTiledMisc.cpp. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could trigger an integer overflow, leading to an out-of-bounds write on the heap. The greatest impact of this flaw is to application availability, with some potential impact to data integrity as well. (CVE-2021-20303)

 A flaw was found in OpenEXR's hufDecode functionality. This flaw allows an attacker who can pass a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR, to trigger an undefined right shift error. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2021-20304)

 There is a flaw in OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker who can submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could cause an integer overflow, potentially leading to problems with application availability. (CVE-2021-3475)

 There's a flaw in OpenEXR's rleUncompress functionality in versions prior to 3.0.5. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to an application linked with OpenEXR could cause an out-of-bounds read. The greatest risk from this flaw is to application availability. (CVE-2021-3605)

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 OpenEXR' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2078.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-20298.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-20303.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-20304.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-3475.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-3605.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 176921

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2078.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/8/2023

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: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20303

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openexr-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openexr-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openexr-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openexr, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

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: 6/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/30/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20298, CVE-2021-20303, CVE-2021-20304, CVE-2021-3475, CVE-2021-3605