Amazon Linux 2 : SDL2 (ALAS-2023-2162)

high Nessus Plugin ID 178822

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of SDL2 installed on the remote host is prior to 2.0.10-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2162 advisory.

- A potential memory leak issue was discovered in SDL2 in GLES_CreateTexture() function in SDL_render_gles.c. The vulnerability allows an attacker to cause a denial of service attack. The vulnerability affects SDL2 v2.0.4 and above. SDL-1.x are not affected. (CVE-2022-4743)

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 SDL2' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 178822

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2162.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/26/2023

Updated: 7/26/2023

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-2022-4743

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:sdl2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sdl2-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sdl2-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sdl2-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/20/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4743

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