Amazon Linux AMI update for openjpeg2

Published: 2024-08-06

Risk	Low
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2021-29338 CVE-2022-1122
CWE-ID	CWE-190 CWE-824
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Amazon Linux AMI Operating systems & Components / Operating system openjpeg2 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	Amazon Web Services

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Integer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU63449

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29338

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow when using the command line option "-ImgDir" on a directory that contains 1048576 files. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger integer overflow and perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

aarch64:
    openjpeg2-tools-2.4.0-11.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    openjpeg2-debuginfo-2.4.0-11.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    openjpeg2-tools-debuginfo-2.4.0-11.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    openjpeg2-2.4.0-11.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    openjpeg2-devel-2.4.0-11.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    openjpeg2-debugsource-2.4.0-11.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64

noarch:
    openjpeg2-devel-docs-2.4.0-11.amzn2023.0.3.noarch

src:
    openjpeg2-2.4.0-11.amzn2023.0.3.src

x86_64:
    openjpeg2-debuginfo-2.4.0-11.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    openjpeg2-devel-2.4.0-11.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    openjpeg2-tools-debuginfo-2.4.0-11.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    openjpeg2-2.4.0-11.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    openjpeg2-tools-2.4.0-11.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    openjpeg2-debugsource-2.4.0-11.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

openjpeg2: All versions

CPE2.3

External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-040.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Access of Uninitialized Pointer

EUVDB-ID: #VU63450