Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0177: libvpx (ALINUX3-SA-2024:0177)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 236153

Synopsis

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2024:0177 advisory.

Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2023-6349:
A heap overflow vulnerability exists in libvpx -Encoding a frame that has larger dimensions than the originally configured size with VP9 may result in a heap overflow in libvpx.
We recommend upgrading to version 1.13.1 or above

CVE-2024-5197:
There exists interger overflows in libvpx in versions prior to 1.14.1.Calling vpx_img_alloc()with a large value of the d_w, d_h, or alignparameter may result in integer overflows in the calculations of buffer sizes and offsets and some fields of the returned vpx_image_tstruct may be invalid.Calling vpx_img_wrap()with a large value of the d_w, d_h, or stride_alignparameter may result in integer overflows in the calculations of buffer sizes and offsets and some fields of the returned vpx_image_tstruct may be invalid. We recommend upgrading to version 1.14.1 or beyond

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux 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

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 236153

File Name: alinux3_sa_2024-0177.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/14/2025

Updated: 5/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-6349

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-5197

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Threat Score: 2.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-5197

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libvpx-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libvpx-devel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libvpx-doc, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libvpx, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libvpx-utils, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libvpx-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libvpx-utils-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/25/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-6349, CVE-2024-5197

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