Amazon Linux 2 : glade (ALAS-2024-2488)

high Nessus Plugin ID 191526

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of glade installed on the remote host is prior to 3.22.1-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2488 advisory.

- plugins/gtk+/glade-gtk-box.c in GNOME Glade before 3.38.1 and 3.39.x before 3.40.0 mishandles widget rebuilding for GladeGtkBox, leading to a denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2020-36774)

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 glade' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2024-2488.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2020-36774.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 191526

File Name: al2_ALAS-2024-2488.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/5/2024

Updated: 3/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless 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: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-36774

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/29/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-36774