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High ALAS2-2024-2681 2 CVEs

Important: libgsf security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Oct 24, 2024 · Updated Oct 31, 2024

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-42415: An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the Compound Document Binary File format parser of v1.14.52 of the GNOME Project G Structured File Library (libgsf). A specially crafted file can result in an integer overflow that allows for a heap-based buffer overflow when processing the sector allocation table. This can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability. CVE-2024-36474: An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the Compound Document Binary File format parser of the GNOME Project G Structured File Library (libgsf) version v1.14.52. A specially crafted file can result in an integer overflow when processing the directory from the file that allows for an out-of-bounds index to be used when reading and writing to an array. This can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 libgsf 0:1.14.26-7.amzn2.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2 libgsf-debuginfo 0:1.14.26-7.amzn2.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2 libgsf-devel 0:1.14.26-7.amzn2.0.3

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-36474.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-42415.html