NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting transfig-debuginfo package, versions <1:3.2.8b-7.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.98% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-TRANSFIGDEBUGINFO-5825770
  • published8 Aug 2023
  • disclosed20 Sept 2021

Introduced: 20 Sep 2021

CVE-2021-32280  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 transfig-debuginfo to version 1:3.2.8b-7.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2173.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in fig2dev before 3.2.8.. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function compute_closed_spline() located in trans_spline.c. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service. The fixed version of fig2dev is 3.2.8.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1