Amazon Linux AMI update for libwebp

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU53848

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 0.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-25013

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the ShiftBytes() function in libwebp. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

i686:
    libwebp-tools-0.3.0-10.9.amzn1.i686
    libwebp-debuginfo-0.3.0-10.9.amzn1.i686
    libwebp-java-0.3.0-10.9.amzn1.i686
    libwebp-0.3.0-10.9.amzn1.i686
    libwebp-devel-0.3.0-10.9.amzn1.i686

src:
    libwebp-0.3.0-10.9.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    libwebp-devel-0.3.0-10.9.amzn1.x86_64
    libwebp-debuginfo-0.3.0-10.9.amzn1.x86_64
    libwebp-0.3.0-10.9.amzn1.x86_64
    libwebp-java-0.3.0-10.9.amzn1.x86_64
    libwebp-tools-0.3.0-10.9.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

libwebp: before 0.3.0-10.9

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:amazon_web_services:amazon_linux_ami:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:amazon_web_services:libwebp:*:*:*:*:*:amazon_linux_ami:*:*

External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2023-1748.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.