Amazon Linux AMI : libXpm (ALAS-2023-1894)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 186594

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of libXpm installed on the remote host is prior to 3.5.10-2.13. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1894 advisory.

- A vulnerability was found in libXpm due to a boundary condition within the XpmCreateXpmImageFromBuffer() function. This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read the contents of memory on the system. (CVE-2023-43788)

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 libXpm' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 186594

File Name: ala_ALAS-2023-1894.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 12/5/2023

Updated: 12/5/2023

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: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-43788

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libxpm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libxpm, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libxpm-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/29/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-43788

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