Amazon Linux 2 : libwebp12 (ALAS-2023-2290)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183469

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of libwebp12 installed on the remote host is prior to 1.2.0-3. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2290 advisory.

Heap buffer overflow in WebP in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.187 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical) (CVE-2023-4863)

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 libwebp12' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183469

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2290.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/20/2023

Updated: 12/17/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-4863

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libwebp12, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libwebp12-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libwebp12-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libwebp12-java, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libwebp12-devel

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: 9/12/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4863

IAVA: 2023-A-0466-S

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