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Amazon Linux 2023 : glib2, glib2-devel, glib2-static (ALAS2023-2023-225)
high Nessus Plugin ID 177688
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.Description
It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-225 advisory.The upstream bug report describes this issue as follows:
A vulnerability was found in GLib2.0, where DoS caused by handling a malicious text-form variant which is structured to cause looping superlinear to its text size. Applications are at risk if they parse untrusted text-form variants. (CVE-2023-24593)
The upstream bug report describes this issue as follows:
A vulnerability was found in GLib2.0, where DoS caused by handling a malicious text-form variant which is structured to cause looping superlinear to its text size. Applications are at risk if they parse untrusted text-form variants. (CVE-2023-25180)
GLib's GVariant deserialization prior to GLib 2.74.4 failed to validate the input conforms to the expected format, leading to denial of service. (CVE-2023-29499)
GLib's GVariant deserialization prior to GLib 2.74.4 is vulnerable to a slowdown issue where a crafted GVariant can cause excessive processing, leading to denial of service. (CVE-2023-32611)
GLib's GVariant deserialization prior to GLib 2.74.4 is vulnerable to an exponential blowup issue where a crafted GVariant can cause excessive processing, leading to denial of service. (CVE-2023-32665)
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 'dnf update glib2 --releasever 2023.1.20230628' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-225.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-24593.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-25180.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-29499.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-32611.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 177688
File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2023-225.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 6/28/2023
Updated: 12/11/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-29499
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glib2-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glib2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glib2-tests-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glib2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glib2-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glib2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glib2-tests, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/21/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/5/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-24593, CVE-2023-25180, CVE-2023-29499, CVE-2023-32611, CVE-2023-32665