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Amazon Linux 2 : jbigkit (ALAS-2023-2305)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 183462

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of jbigkit installed on the remote host is prior to 2.0-11. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2305 advisory.

 A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in LibTIFF 4.3.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the TIFF File Handler of tiff2ps. Opening a malicious file leads to a denial of service. The attack can be launched remotely but requires user interaction. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. (CVE-2022-1210)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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 jbigkit' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2305.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-1210.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 183462

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2305.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2023

Updated: 12/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1210

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1210