Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0038: libwebp (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0038)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 236702

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-2021:0038 advisory.

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

CVE-2018-25011:
A flaw was found in libwebp in versions before 1.0.1. A heap-based buffer overflow was found in PutLE16().
The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

CVE-2020-36328:
A flaw was found in libwebp in versions before 1.0.1. A heap-based buffer overflow in function WebPDecodeRGBInto is possible due to an invalid check for buffer size. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

CVE-2020-36329:
A flaw was found in libwebp in versions before 1.0.1. A use-after-free was found due to a thread being killed too early. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

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.

See Also

http://mirrors.aliyun.com/alinux/3/cve/alinux3-sa-20210038.xml

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 236702

File Name: alinux3_sa_2021-0038.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 5/14/2025

Updated: 5/14/2025

Supported Sensors: 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 Score Source: CVE-2020-36329

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:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libwebp-devel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libwebp-tools, cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libwebp-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libwebp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libwebp-java, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libwebp-java-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libwebp, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libwebp-tools-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: 7/14/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-25011, CVE-2020-36328, CVE-2020-36329