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CVE-2020-35357

Public on 2023-08-22
Modified on 2024-02-12
Description

A buffer overflow can occur when calculating the quantile value using the Statistics Library of GSL (GNU Scientific Library), versions 2.5 and 2.6. Processing a maliciously crafted input data for gsl_stats_quantile_from_sorted_data of the library may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.3
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 gsl 2023-09-27 22:15 ALAS-2023-1851
Amazon Linux 2 - Core gsl 2023-09-13 23:44 ALAS2-2023-2255
Amazon Linux 2023 gsl 2023-09-14 00:55 ALAS2023-2023-353

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H