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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-35357: Security patch for gsl (ALAS-2023-2255)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-35357: Security patch for gsl (ALAS-2023-2255)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/22/2023
Created
09/21/2023
Added
09/21/2023
Modified
10/13/2023

Description

A buffer overflow can occur when calculating the quantile value using the Statistics Library of GSL (GNU Scientific Library), versions 2.5 and 2.6. Processing a maliciously crafted input data for gsl_stats_quantile_from_sorted_data of the library may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-gsl
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-gsl-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-gsl-devel

References

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