Amazon Linux AMI update for jbigkit

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU62058

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1210

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the TIFF File Handler of tiff2ps. A remote attacker can trick a victim to open a specially crafted TIFF file and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

aarch64:
    jbigkit-libs-debuginfo-2.1-21.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
    jbigkit-devel-2.1-21.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
    jbigkit-debuginfo-2.1-21.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
    jbigkit-debugsource-2.1-21.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
    jbigkit-libs-2.1-21.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
    jbigkit-2.1-21.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64

src:
    jbigkit-2.1-21.amzn2023.0.2.src

x86_64:
    jbigkit-debugsource-2.1-21.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
    jbigkit-debuginfo-2.1-21.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
    jbigkit-libs-debuginfo-2.1-21.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
    jbigkit-devel-2.1-21.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
    jbigkit-libs-2.1-21.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
    jbigkit-2.1-21.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

jbigkit: before 2.1-21

CPE2.3

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

External links

http://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-376.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.