Amazon Linux AMI : pixman (ALAS-2014-272)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 72290

Synopsis

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

Description

An integer overflow, which led to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way pixman handled trapezoids. If a remote attacker could trick an application using pixman into rendering a trapezoid shape with specially crafted coordinates, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2013-6425)

Solution

Run 'yum update pixman' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-272.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 72290

File Name: ala_ALAS-2014-272.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/5/2014

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pixman, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pixman-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pixman-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6425

ALAS: 2014-272

RHSA: 2013:1869