ALAS2-2023-2173


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2173
Advisory Release Date: 2023-07-20 17:30 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-08-03 18:09 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

2023-08-03: CVE-2021-32280 was added to this advisory.

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)

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


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 transfig to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    transfig-3.2.8b-7.amzn2.aarch64
    transfig-debuginfo-3.2.8b-7.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    transfig-3.2.8b-7.amzn2.i686
    transfig-debuginfo-3.2.8b-7.amzn2.i686

src:
    transfig-3.2.8b-7.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    transfig-3.2.8b-7.amzn2.x86_64
    transfig-debuginfo-3.2.8b-7.amzn2.x86_64