QID 355855

QID 355855: Amazon Linux Security Advisory for wavpack : ALAS2-2023-2213

A null pointer dereference bug was found in wavpack-5.4.0 the results from the asan log: addresssanitizer:deadlysignal ===================================================================84257==error: addresssanitizer: segv on unknown address 0x000000000000 (pc 0x561b47a970c6 bp 0x7fff13952fb0 sp 0x7fff1394fca0 t0) ==84257==the signal is caused by a write memory access.
==84257==hint: address points to the zero page. #
0 0x561b47a970c5 in main cli/wvunpack.c:834 #1 0x7efc4f5c0082 in __libc_start_main (/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6+0x24082) #2 0x561b47a945ed in _start (/usr/local/bin/wvunpack+0xa5ed) addresssanitizer can not provide additional info.
Summary: addresssanitizer: segv cli/wvunpack.c:834 in main ==84257==aborting (cve-2022-2476)

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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 Medium - 5.5 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.

Solution

Please refer to Amazon advisory: ALAS2-2023-2213 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.

Vendor References

ALAS2-2023-2213 - alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2213.html

CVEs related to QID 355855

CVE-2022-2476 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
ALAS2-2023-2213	amazon linux 2		alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2213.html

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