Amazon Linux 2 : OpenEXR (ALAS-2023-2241)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 181172

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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 a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2241 advisory.

- There's a flaw in OpenEXR's Scanline API functionality in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could trigger excessive consumption of memory, resulting in an impact to system availability. (CVE-2021-3479)

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 OpenEXR' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 181172

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2241.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/8/2023

Updated: 9/8/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3479

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3479

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