Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting squashfs-tools package, versions <0:4.3-0.21.gitaae0aff4.amzn2.0.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-SQUASHFSTOOLS-5789543
  • published20 Jul 2023
  • disclosed17 Mar 2017

Introduced: 17 Mar 2017

CVE-2015-4645  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 squashfs-tools to version 0:4.3-0.21.gitaae0aff4.amzn2.0.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2152.

NVD Description

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

Integer overflow in the read_fragment_table_4 function in unsquash-4.c in Squashfs and sasquatch allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted input, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.

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