Amazon Linux 2 : djvulibre (ALASMATE-DESKTOP1.X-2023-001)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 182043

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of djvulibre installed on the remote host is prior to 3.5.27-30. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2MATE-DESKTOP1.X-2023-001 advisory.

- An out-of-bounds write vulnerability was found in DjVuLibre in DJVU::DjVuTXT::decode() in DjVuText.cpp via a crafted djvu file which may lead to crash and segmentation fault. This flaw affects DjVuLibre versions prior to 3.5.28. (CVE-2021-3630)

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 djvulibre' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 182043

File Name: al2_ALASMATE-DESKTOP1_X-2023-001.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/27/2023

Updated: 9/27/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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-2021-3630

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/30/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3630

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