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Amazon Linux AMI : gsl (ALAS-2023-1851)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 182714
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.Description
The version of gsl installed on the remote host is prior to 1.13-4.4. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1851 advisory.- A buffer overflow can occur when calculating the quantile value using the Statistics Library of GSL (GNU Scientific Library), versions 2.5 and 2.6. Processing a maliciously crafted input data for gsl_stats_quantile_from_sorted_data of the library may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2020-35357)
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 gsl' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2023-1851.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 182714
File Name: ala_ALAS-2023-1851.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 10/6/2023
Updated: 10/12/2023
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-2020-35357
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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:gsl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gsl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gsl-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gsl-static, cpe:/o:amazon:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/27/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-35357