Amazon Linux 2 : djvulibre (ALASMATE-DESKTOP1.X-2024-005)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 187772

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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-2024-005 advisory.

- An issue was discovered IW44EncodeCodec.cpp in djvulibre 3.5.28 in allows attackers to cause a denial of service via divide by zero. (CVE-2021-46312)

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: 187772

File Name: al2_ALASMATE-DESKTOP1_X-2024-005.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 1/9/2024

Updated: 1/10/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-46312

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

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: 1/3/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-46312

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