Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting gsl package, versions <0:1.15-13.amzn2.0.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-GSL-8747411
  • published26 Feb 2025
  • disclosed27 Oct 2024

Introduced: 27 Oct 2024

CVE-2024-50610  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 gsl to version 0:1.15-13.amzn2.0.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2025-2758.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gsl package and not the gsl package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

GSL (GNU Scientific Library) through 2.8 has an integer signedness error in gsl_siman_solve_many in siman/siman.c. When params.n_tries is negative, incorrect memory allocation occurs.

CVSS Base Scores

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