Amazon Linux 2 : aspell (ALAS-2023-2199)

high Nessus Plugin ID 179774

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of aspell installed on the remote host is prior to 0.60.6.1-22. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2199 advisory.

- objstack in GNU Aspell 0.60.8 has a heap-based buffer overflow in acommon::ObjStack::dup_top (called from acommon::StringMap::add and acommon::Config::lookup_list). (CVE-2019-25051)

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 aspell' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 179774

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2199.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/14/2023

Updated: 8/14/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-25051

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/3/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/20/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-25051

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