Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-1807
Advisory Release Date: 2023-08-17 11:39 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-08-23 02:31 Pacific
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity
A global buffer overflow in the genmp_writefontmacro_latex component in genmp.c of fig2dev 3.2.7b allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) via converting a xfig file into mp format. (CVE-2020-21678)
A global buffer overflow in the set_color component in genge.c of fig2dev 3.2.7b allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) via converting a xfig file into ge format. (CVE-2020-21681)
A global buffer overflow in the set_fill component in genge.c of fig2dev 3.2.7b allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) via converting a xfig file into ge format. (CVE-2020-21682)
A global buffer overflow in the shade_or_tint_name_after_declare_color in genpstricks.c of fig2dev 3.2.7b allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) via converting a xfig file into pstricks format. (CVE-2020-21683)
A global buffer overflow in the put_font in genpict2e.c of fig2dev 3.2.7b allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) via converting a xfig file into pict2e format. (CVE-2020-21684)
An issue was discovered in fig2dev before 3.2.8.. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function compute_closed_spline() located in trans_spline.c. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service. The fixed version of fig2dev is 3.2.8. (CVE-2021-32280)
Affected Packages:
transfig
Issue Correction:
Run yum update transfig to update your system.
i686:
transfig-3.2.7b-10.8.amzn1.i686
transfig-debuginfo-3.2.7b-10.8.amzn1.i686
src:
transfig-3.2.7b-10.8.amzn1.src
x86_64:
transfig-3.2.7b-10.8.amzn1.x86_64
transfig-debuginfo-3.2.7b-10.8.amzn1.x86_64