ALAS2-2023-2054

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-25309  

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the Fribidi package and affects the fribidi_cap_rtl_to_unicode() function of the fribidi-char-sets-cap-rtl.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to pass a specially crafted file to the Fribidi application with the --caprtl option, leading to a crash and causing a denial of service. (CVE-2022-25309)

ALAS2-2023-2054


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2054
Advisory Release Date: 2023-05-25 17:41 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-06-01 23:37 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the Fribidi package and affects the fribidi_cap_rtl_to_unicode() function of the fribidi-char-sets-cap-rtl.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to pass a specially crafted file to the Fribidi application with the --caprtl option, leading to a crash and causing a denial of service. (CVE-2022-25309)


Affected Packages:

fribidi


Issue Correction:
Run yum update fribidi to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    fribidi-1.0.2-1.amzn2.1.1.aarch64
    fribidi-devel-1.0.2-1.amzn2.1.1.aarch64
    fribidi-debuginfo-1.0.2-1.amzn2.1.1.aarch64

i686:
    fribidi-1.0.2-1.amzn2.1.1.i686
    fribidi-devel-1.0.2-1.amzn2.1.1.i686
    fribidi-debuginfo-1.0.2-1.amzn2.1.1.i686

src:
    fribidi-1.0.2-1.amzn2.1.1.src

x86_64:
    fribidi-1.0.2-1.amzn2.1.1.x86_64
    fribidi-devel-1.0.2-1.amzn2.1.1.x86_64
    fribidi-debuginfo-1.0.2-1.amzn2.1.1.x86_64