ALAS2-2019-1319


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2019-1319
Advisory Release Date: 2019-10-21 18:01 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2019-10-23 23:25 Pacific
Severity: Low

Issue Overview:

An issue was discovered in AdvanceCOMP through 2.1. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function be_uint32_read() located in endianrw.h. It can be triggered by sending a crafted file to a binary. It allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact when a victim opens a specially crafted file.(CVE-2019-8379)

An issue was discovered in AdvanceCOMP through 2.1. An invalid memory address occurs in the function adv_png_unfilter_8 in lib/png.c. It can be triggered by sending a crafted file to a binary. It allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact when a victim opens a specially crafted file.(CVE-2019-8383)


Affected Packages:

advancecomp


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


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

New Packages:
aarch64:
    advancecomp-1.15-21.amzn2.aarch64
    advancecomp-debuginfo-1.15-21.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    advancecomp-1.15-21.amzn2.i686
    advancecomp-debuginfo-1.15-21.amzn2.i686

src:
    advancecomp-1.15-21.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    advancecomp-1.15-21.amzn2.x86_64
    advancecomp-debuginfo-1.15-21.amzn2.x86_64