Amazon Linux 2023 : giflib, giflib-devel, giflib-utils (ALAS2023-2023-075)

high Nessus Plugin ID 173083

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-075 advisory.

An issue was discovered in giflib through 5.1.4. DumpScreen2RGB in gif2rgb.c has a heap-based buffer over- read. (CVE-2020-23922)

There is a heap-buffer-overflow in GIFLIB 5.2.1 function DumpScreen2RGB() in gif2rgb.c:298:45.
(CVE-2022-28506)

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in GifLib Project GifLib v.5.2.1 allows a local attacker to obtain sensitive information via the DumpSCreen2RGB function in gif2rgb.c (CVE-2023-48161)

Giflib Project v5.2.2 is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow via gif2rgb. (CVE-2024-45993)

NOTE: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/07/3NOTE:
https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/176/ (CVE-2025-31344)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'dnf update giflib --releasever 2023.0.20230322' or or 'dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2023-075 --releasever 2023.0.20230322' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 173083

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2023-075.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 3/21/2023

Updated: 9/30/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-23922

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-48161

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:giflib-utils, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:giflib-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:giflib-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:giflib, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:giflib-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:giflib-utils-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023

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: 2/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/25/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-23922, CVE-2022-28506, CVE-2023-48161, CVE-2024-45993, CVE-2025-31344

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