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Amazon Linux 2023 : papers, papers-devel, papers-libs (ALAS2023-2026-1782)

high Nessus Plugin ID 319788

Synopsis

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

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-1782 advisory.

 CVE-2026-46529 is a command injection vulnerability in Evince, Atril, and Xreader caused by missing quoting of shell-like input in ev_spawn() in ev-application.c. (CVE-2026-46529)

 An unsoundness issue (RUSTSEC-2026-0097) was also found in the bundled Rust rand crate. ThreadRng methods use unsafe code that can create aliased mutable references when a custom logger accesses rand::rng() or rand::thread_rng() during reseeding, resulting in undefined behavior.

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

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

Solution

Run 'dnf update papers --releasever 2023.12.20260608' or or 'dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2026-1782 --releasever 2023.12.20260608' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2023/ALAS2023-2026-1782.html

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

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-46529.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 319788

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2026-1782.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/8/2026

Updated: 6/8/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-46529

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:papers-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:papers-nautilus, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:papers-previewer-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:papers, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:papers-nautilus-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:papers-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:papers-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:papers-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:papers-previewer, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:papers-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:papers-thumbnailer-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:papers-thumbnailer, 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: 6/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-46529