QID 355835

QID 355835: Amazon Linux Security Advisory for oniguruma : ALAS2-2023-2217

An issue was discovered in oniguruma 6.2.0, as used in oniguruma-mod in ruby through 2.4.1 and mbstring in php through 7.1.5.
A stack out-of-bounds read occurs in match_at() during regular expression searching.
A logical error involving order of validation and access in match_at() could result in an out-of-bounds read from a stack buffer. (
( CVE-2017-9224)

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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a securitybreach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.

Solution

Please refer to Amazon advisory: ALAS2-2023-2217 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.

Vendor References

ALAS2-2023-2217 - alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2217.html

CVEs related to QID 355835

CVE-2017-9224 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
ALAS2-2023-2217	amazon linux 2		alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2217.html

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