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Amazon Linux 2 : libcdio (ALAS-2019-1151)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 121364

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Synopsis

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

Description

A heap corruption bug was found in the way libcdio handled processing of ISO files. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash applications using libcdio by tricking them into processing crafted ISO files, thus resulting in local DoS.(CVE-2017-18198)

A double-free flaw was found in the way libcdio handled processing of ISO files. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash applications using libcdio by tricking them into processing crafted ISO files.(CVE-2017-18201)

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way libcdio handled processing of ISO files. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash applications using libcdio by tricking them into processing crafted ISO files.(CVE-2017-18199)

Solution

Run 'yum update libcdio' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2019-1151.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 121364

File Name: al2_ALAS-2019-1151.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2019

Updated: 2/20/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/25/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18198, CVE-2017-18199, CVE-2017-18201

ALAS: 2019-1151